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Oscoda Township Police Department 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.
Oscoda Township Police Department starts at $68,140 a year — about $32.76 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $250 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $3,124 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Michigan run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $70,819 would somewhere at average prices — $2,679 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 82 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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 isOscoda Township Police Department reported 12 sworn officers and 1 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 7,206.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. 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 Oscoda Township says about itself
The Oscoda Township Police Department provides 24 hours, 7 days per week patrol coverage for Oscoda and AuSable Townships. The patrol coverage area for the police department is approximately 163 square miles. The department currently consists of 3 Sergeants, 8 patrol officers, and the Chief of Police.
What Oscoda Township does
Oscoda Township Police Department polices a charter township on Lake Huron in Iosco County, northern Michigan — one of the state's traditional 36-square-mile townships, though at over 130 square miles it covers considerably more, taking in the mouth of the Au Sable River and the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Its patrol staffing is structured to keep a minimum of two officers on duty 24 hours a day. US-23 runs through the downtown carrying an average of nearly 17,000 vehicles a day, and the department serves a resident population of around 7,000 that swells with summer visitors.
Shifts at Oscoda Township
Oscoda Township structures its patrol staffing to keep a minimum of two officers on duty 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
A minimum-staffing rule means the roster has to hold around the clock, and one absence moves everyone. BlueShifts keeps your own pattern straight and lets you share it, so swaps and cover are easy to see.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $68,140 annual starting salary. Official June 2026 MCOLES posting for Full-Time Police Officer lists starting salary $68,140, $74,954 after 12 months, and $85,984 top patrol pay. — open the source document
$68,140 annual starting salary. Official June 2026 MCOLES posting for Full-Time Police Officer lists starting salary $68,140, $74,954 after 12 months, and $85,984 top patrol pay.
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.
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How this level compares
Where Oscoda Township 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. Oscoda Township starts at $68,140, so $3,147 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Oscoda Township Police Department officer make?
Oscoda Township Police Department starts a new officer on $68,140 a year, about $32.76 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 $68,140 annual starting salary. Official June 2026 MCOLES posting for Full-Time Police Officer lists starting salary $68,140, $74,954 after 12 months, and $85,984 top patrol pay..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #11 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 27 pay less, 10 pay more in the state — and #853 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $250 below, and against other municipal agencies $3,124 below.
What shifts do Oscoda Township Police Department officers work?
Oscoda Township structures its patrol staffing to keep a minimum of two officers on duty 24 hours a day, every day of the year. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Oscoda Township Police Department 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 MI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Oscoda | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Police Department | Municipal | 110 | $78,224 | +$10,084 | #452 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 299 | $77,467 | +$9,327 | #471 |
| 3 | Wyoming Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $75,400 | +$7,260 | #539 |
| 4 | Sumpter Township Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,732 | +$3,592 | #684 |
| 5 | Lincoln Charter Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,696 | +$3,556 | #686 |
| 6 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | County | 274 | $71,098 | +$2,958 | #718 |
| 7 | Muskegon Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $69,888 | +$1,748 | #781 |
| 8 | Livonia Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $69,784 | +$1,644 | #783 |
| 9 | Dearborn Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $69,080 | +$940 | #810 |
| 10 | Plymouth Township Police Department | Municipal | 33 | $68,140 | same | #852 |
| 12 | Northville Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $65,956 | −$2,184 | #969 |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 21 | $65,000 | −$3,140 | #1,023 |
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