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Rathdrum 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.
Rathdrum Police Department starts at $58,198 a year — about $27.98 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $10,192 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $13,066 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Idaho run about 5% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $60,944 would somewhere at average prices — $2,746 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 70 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 isRathdrum Police Department reported 16 sworn officers and 3 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 13,635.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 Rathdrum says about itself
The Rathdrum Police Department, in partnership with a growing community, is committed to enhancing the safety and security of the community by providing professional law enforcement through service with integrity.
What Rathdrum does
The Rathdrum Police Department states that, in partnership with a growing community, it is committed to enhancing community safety and security by providing professional law enforcement through service with integrity. It describes its officers as skilled professionals invested in a safer future for residents and visitors.
Rathdrum’s rotation, in BlueShifts
The opportunity to work 4, 10-hour shifts with a rotational shift bidding system.
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September 2026
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 14 August 2026. City of Rathdrum / Rathdrum Police Department — Police Officer — Entry Level — open the source document
2026 Police Officer job announcement; open until filled | Class: Police Officer — Entry Level | Post-academy: the source does not distinguish; entry-level applicants may receive POST certification within one year of employment | Durable official two-page Police Officer announcement expressly identifies Entry Level applicants and publishes $58,198 ($27.98/hr) to $70,137 ($33.72/hr). Submitted $58,000 is replaced by the exact employer-published minimum.
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 Rathdrum 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. Rathdrum starts at $58,198, so $13,089 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Rathdrum Police Department officer make?
Rathdrum Police Department starts a new officer on $58,198 a year, about $27.98 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 Rathdrum / Rathdrum Police Department — Police Officer — Entry Level.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #17 of 51 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 34 pay less, 16 pay more in the state — and #1,311 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $10,192 below, and against other municipal agencies $13,066 below.
What shifts do Rathdrum Police Department officers work?
The opportunity to work 4, 10-hour shifts with a rotational shift bidding system. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Rathdrum 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Rathdrum | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,005 | +$16,807 | #558 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$16,328 | #577 |
| 3 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$11,316 | #791 |
| 4 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$9,423 | #885 |
| 5 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$9,132 | #904 |
| 6 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$8,674 | #925 |
| 7 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$7,093 | #1,006 |
| 8 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$6,698 | #1,030 |
| 9 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$5,575 | #1,069 |
| 10 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | +$5,346 | #1,079 |
| 11 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $63,321 | +$5,123 | #1,094 |
| 12 | Idaho State Police | State | 311 | $62,546 | +$4,348 | #1,128 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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