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Oregon State Police entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Oregon State Police starts at $77,064 a year — about $37.05 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,674 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $12,066 above the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oregon run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $74,558 somewhere at average prices — $2,506 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 109 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isOregon State Police reported 757 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Oregon State says about itself
The mission of the Oregon State Police is to serve all people with a priority of safeguarding life, property, and natural resources.
What Oregon State does
The Oregon State Police is a full-spectrum police agency serving all 36 counties, and is more than a highway patrol: its divisions cover patrol services, criminal investigations, forensics, the State Fire Marshal's Office, fish and wildlife, gaming enforcement and the State Medical Examiner. Its stated mission is to serve all people with a priority of safeguarding life, property and natural resources.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Oregon State Police — Become an OSP Trooper — open the source document
$77,064. January 2026
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
How this level compares
Where Oregon State sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Oregon State starts at $77,064, so $12,066 above the state middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Oregon State Police officer make?
Oregon State Police starts a new officer on $77,064 a year, about $37.05 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from Oregon State Police — Become an OSP Trooper.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #20 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 26 pay less, 19 pay more in the state — and #478 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,674 above, and against other state agencies $12,066 above.
Compare with another department
Put Oregon State Police side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Oregon | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$9,532 | #271 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$9,368 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$8,674 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$7,904 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$6,936 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$6,924 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | +$5,683 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | +$5,117 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | +$4,971 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | +$4,909 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | +$4,500 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | +$4,285 | #366 |
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