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Owasso 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.

Owasso Police Department starts at $59,398 a year — about $28.56 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,287 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $8,742 below the median for municipal agencies.

Cost of livingPrices in Oklahoma run about 12% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $67,618 would somewhere at average prices — $8,220 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 63 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isOwasso Police Department reported 66 sworn officers and 23 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.5 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 44,008.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 Owasso says about itself

The mission of the Owasso Police Department is to work in partnership with the citizens of Owasso to prevent crime, enforce the laws and to enhance the quality of life in our community.

What Owasso does

The Owasso Police Department serves the City of Owasso in Tulsa and Rogers counties, Oklahoma.

Where the figure comes from

Checked 20 September 2026. JoinOwassoPD.com, the Owasso Police Department's own recruitment site, Benefits: Patrol, Entry Level Step — open the source document
Headed Salary 2025/2026. The Entry Level Step is $26.72 an hour and officers work 85.5 hours every two weeks, which the page itself annualises as a starting base of $59,398. The site is the Department's own, linked from cityofowasso.com as Police Department Hiring.
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 Owasso sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.

LevelLowestMedianHighestAgencies
Municipal$33,280$68,140$163,6191549
County$35,000$63,565$132,263516
Special jurisdiction$31,200$60,204$107,95471
State$33,994$65,166$110,916145
Federal$70,477$73,502$86,5305
Territory$16,640$28,236$43,3549
What this shows

Federal agencies pay the most to start

The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Owasso starts at $59,398, so $8,742 below the municipal middle.

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How it ranks

Nationally #1,609of 2,288 agencies Top 70% of everything we have verified
In OK #11of 22 agencies 11 pay less, 10 pay more
Hourly to start $29on a 2,080-hour year Base pay only, before overtime or any differential

Common questions

How much does a Owasso Police Department officer make?

Owasso Police Department starts a new officer on $59,398 a year, about $28.56 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 JoinOwassoPD.com, the Owasso Police Department's own recruitment site, Benefits: Patrol, Entry Level Step.

Is that good pay for a police officer in Oklahoma?

It ranks #11 of 22 agencies we have verified in Oklahoma — 11 pay less, 10 pay more in the state — and #1,609 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,287 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,742 below.

Compare with another department

Put Owasso 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.

Compare Owasso

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Other agencies in OK

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#AgencyLevelSworn #Entry payVs OwassoNational
1Broken Arrow Police DepartmentMunicipal168$72,004+$12,606#812
2Moore Police DepartmentMunicipal107$70,796+$11,398#896
3Edmond Police DepartmentMunicipal126$68,481+$9,083#1,020
4Oklahoma Highway PatrolState789$67,900+$8,502#1,064
5Oklahoma City Police DepartmentMunicipal1,108 / 1,097$67,735+$8,337#1,072
6Yukon Police DepartmentMunicipal53$63,058+$3,660#1,380
7Norman Police DepartmentMunicipal177$61,000+$1,602#1,503
8Tulsa Police DepartmentMunicipal836$60,611+$1,213#1,527
9Tulsa County Sheriff's OfficeCounty223$60,000+$602#1,573
10Stillwater Police DepartmentMunicipal84$59,446+$48#1,608
12Bartlesville Police DepartmentMunicipal76$57,450−$1,948#1,733
13Enid Police DepartmentMunicipal96$56,243−$3,155#1,787

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