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Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon 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.
Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon Police starts at $70,477 a year — about $33.88 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,087 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $3,025 below the median for federal agencies.
About Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency polices the Pentagon and Department of Defense facilities across the National Capital Region, and its officers also serve at the Raven Rock Mountain Complex in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Its uniformed police conduct patrol, access control and emergency response, and the agency runs specialist units alongside them including special agents, an emergency response team, K-9 officers and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialists.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 August 2026. Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Careers, Police Officers, published starting salary — open the source document
$70,477. PFPA's own careers page at pfpa.mil; checked 19 August 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 Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon 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. Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon starts at $70,477, so $3,025 below the federal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon Police officer make?
Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon Police starts a new officer on $70,477 a year, about $33.88 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 Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Careers, Police Officers, published starting salary.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Federal?
It ranks #5 of 5 agencies we have verified in Federal — 0 pay less, 4 pay more in the state — and #748 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,087 above, and against other federal agencies $3,025 below.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in US
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Pentagon | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Capitol Police | Federal | — | $86,530 | +$16,053 | #272 |
| 2 | Supreme Court of the United States Police | Federal | — | $83,362 | +$12,885 | #327 |
| 3 | United States Secret Service — Uniformed Division | Federal | — | $73,502 | +$3,025 | #610 |
| 4 | United States Park Police | Federal | — | $73,177 | +$2,700 | #618 |
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