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Prattville 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.
Prattville Police Department starts at $50,679 a year — about $24.37 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $17,711 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $20,585 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Alabama run about 11% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $57,057 would somewhere at average prices — $6,377 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 62 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 isPrattville Police Department reported 96 sworn officers and 7 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 40,736.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 Prattville says about itself
The Prattville Police Department is a community-oriented department committed to providing a safe environment through the proactive enforcement of laws while serving in a professional manner.
What Prattville does
Prattville Police Officers protect life and property, enforce federal, state and local laws, detect and deter crime and initially serve in Patrol, with later opportunities for Warrant or Community/School Relations assignments
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Prattville official 2026 — open the source document
Opened 30 June 2026; closes 31 August 2026; official entry-level Police Officer salary $50,679.35 annually. The position protects life and property and enforces federal, state and local laws; higher experience placement and add-ons are excluded
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 Prattville 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. Prattville starts at $50,679, so $20,608 below the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Prattville Police Department officer make?
Prattville Police Department starts a new officer on $50,679 a year, about $24.37 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 Prattville official 2026.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Alabama?
It ranks #9 of 21 agencies we have verified in Alabama — 12 pay less, 8 pay more in the state — and #1,544 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $17,711 below, and against other municipal agencies $20,585 below.
Compare with another department
Put Prattville 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 AL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Prattville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Police Department | Municipal | 88 | $60,195 | +$9,516 | #1,226 |
| 2 | Huntsville Police Department | Municipal | 432 | $58,614 | +$7,935 | #1,300 |
| 3 | Shelby County Sheriff's Office | County | 147 | $57,408 | +$6,729 | #1,362 |
| 4 | Alabama Highway Patrol | State | — | $56,726 | +$6,047 | #1,376 |
| 5 | Madison County Sheriff's Office | County | 184 | $55,390 | +$4,711 | #1,415 |
| 6 | Montgomery Police Department | Municipal | 259 | $55,168 | +$4,489 | #1,420 |
| 7 | Baldwin County Sheriff's Office | County | 174 | $53,768 | +$3,089 | #1,476 |
| 8 | Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office | County | 112 | $51,888 | +$1,209 | #1,521 |
| 10 | Mobile County Sheriff's Office | County | 236 | $50,526 | −$153 | #1,551 |
| 11 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $49,920 | −$759 | #1,577 |
| 12 | Fairhope Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $47,840 | −$2,839 | #1,601 |
| 13 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | County | 466 | $47,736 | −$2,943 | #1,604 |
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