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Pensacola 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.
Pensacola Police Department starts at $52,520 a year — about $25.25 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $14,165 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $15,620 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL run about 2% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $53,747 would somewhere at average prices — $1,227 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 96. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isPensacola Police Department reported 156 sworn officers and 46 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 53,754.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 Pensacola says about itself
The Pensacola Police Department is committed to providing professional, efficient and courteous service to the public. Officers shall strive to improve the quality of life by enforcing laws in a fair and impartial manner while encouraging a spirit of cooperation and mutual trust with the public.
What Pensacola does
Pensacola Police Department provides professional municipal policing through patrol, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, crime prevention and community outreach. Official City materials emphasize public safety, integrity, professional service, accountability and building positive relationships with the community
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Pensacola of — open the source document
Opened 17 April 2026; certified Police Officer starting pay $25.25/hour = $52,520 annually. The prior $46,592 figure was Police Recruit pay and therefore did not meet the post-academy standard
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 Pensacola 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 | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| 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 $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. Pensacola starts at $52,520, so $15,620 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Pensacola Police Department officer make?
Pensacola Police Department starts a new officer on $52,520 a year, about $25.25 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 City of Pensacola of.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #225 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 78 pay less, 224 pay more in the state — and #1,968 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $14,165 below, and against other municipal agencies $15,620 below.
Compare with another department
Put Pensacola 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Pensacola | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$38,487 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$29,203 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$28,480 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$28,434 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$28,392 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$27,480 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$27,330 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$26,551 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$26,308 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$26,036 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$25,910 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$25,760 | #549 |
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