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Plano 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.
Plano Police Department starts at $90,729 a year — about $43.62 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $22,339 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $19,465 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $93,480 would somewhere at average prices — $2,751 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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.
About Plano
Plano Police Department is the largest law enforcement agency in the northern Dallas metropolitan area, authorized for 414 TCOLE-commissioned officers and 271 civilian staff across a 72-square-mile city of more than 287,000 in Collin and Denton counties, and has held CALEA accreditation continuously since 1992
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 August 2026. City of Plano 2025-2026 Civil Service Compensation Plan, Exhibit A (Police), effective 1 October 2025 — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 October 2025.
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 Plano 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. Plano starts at $90,729, so $19,442 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
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Common questions
How much does a Plano Police Department officer make?
Plano Police Department starts a new officer on $90,729 a year, about $43.62 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 Plano 2025-2026 Civil Service Compensation Plan, Exhibit A (Police), effective 1 October 2025.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #3 of 140 agencies we have verified in Texas — 137 pay less, 2 pay more in the state — and #201 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $22,339 above, and against other municipal agencies $19,465 above.
Compare with another department
Put Plano 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Plano | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$377 | #192 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$21 | #200 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | −$729 | #216 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | — | $87,048 | −$3,681 | #264 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | −$4,461 | #276 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | −$5,761 | #293 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | −$6,281 | #300 |
| 9 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,082 | −$6,647 | #306 |
| 10 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,049 | −$6,680 | #307 |
| 11 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | −$6,737 | #309 |
| 12 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | −$6,860 | #312 |
| 13 | Irving Police Department | Municipal | — | $83,808 | −$6,921 | #314 |
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