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Plymouth 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.
Plymouth 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 isPlymouth Township Police Department reported 33 sworn officers and 13 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 27,024.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 Plymouth Township says about itself
The mission of all employees of the Plymouth Township Police Department is to faithfully provide service to the citizens of this Township and to those who come within our care and jurisdiction. Our mandate is to serve and protect without bias or prejudice, maintaining peace, security and order while affording dignity and respect to all.
What Plymouth Township does
Plymouth Township Police Department polices a Wayne County township west of Detroit, working to a community oriented policing philosophy under which officers are assigned to one of four geographic service areas and talk directly with residents about problems ranging from quality of life to traffic and crime. Its patrol division, organised into service area teams, is the largest part of the department, working alongside a youth services unit and a community resource officer. The department has taken the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police traffic safety award three years running, and equips its patrol vehicles with mobile computers, digital video and electronic ticketing.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $68,140 annual starting salary. Official 2026 MCOLES posting states the department will sponsor — open the source document
$68,140 annual starting salary. Official 2026 MCOLES posting states the department will sponsor and pay a candidate through a Michigan Police Academy and lists $68,140 as the starting salary; lateral candidates are separately placed by completed years of service.
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 Plymouth 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. Plymouth Township starts at $68,140, so $3,147 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Plymouth Township Police Department officer make?
Plymouth 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 2026 MCOLES posting states the department will sponsor.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #10 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 28 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #852 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $250 below, and against other municipal agencies $3,124 below.
Compare with another department
Put Plymouth 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 Plymouth | 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 |
| 11 | Oscoda Township Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $68,140 | same | #853 |
| 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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