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Rincon 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.
Rincon Police Department starts at $54,737 a year — about $26.32 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,948 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $13,403 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Georgia run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $56,845 would somewhere at average prices — $2,107 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 89 against a national average of 100, where goods are 99. 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 isRincon Police Department reported 27 sworn officers and 3 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 11,878.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 Rincon says about itself
The City of Rincon Police Department serves and protects the citizens of Rincon with a staff of full-time, certified police officers.
What Rincon does
The Rincon Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Rincon in Effingham County, north-west of Savannah. The City says it is staffed entirely by full-time, state-certified officers.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 24 September 2026. City of Rincon, "Join RPD" page: "Starting payrate for Certified Police Officer is $24.48 an hour ($54,737.28 Annually)". — open the source document
The City prints a certified rate and a recruit rate separately; this is the certified one and the annual is used as printed. "Pay for Police Recruit is $19.00 an hour" on a 40-hour week, while in the 11-week academy, is not the figure. The City's own annual works out to about 2,236 hours at $24.48 - an 86-hour fortnight - so it runs about 7.5% above the same hourly rate on 2,080 hours. The page is undated. Excluded: the take-home vehicle and benefits.
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 Rincon 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 | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| 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 $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Rincon starts at $54,737, so $13,403 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Rincon Police Department officer make?
Rincon Police Department starts a new officer on $54,737 a year, about $26.32 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 Rincon, "Join RPD" page: "Starting payrate for Certified Police Officer is $24.48 an hour ($54,737.28 Annually)"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #48 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 32 pay less, 47 pay more in the state — and #1,875 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,948 below, and against other municipal agencies $13,403 below.
Compare with another department
Put Rincon 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 GA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Rincon | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$18,996 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$16,949 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$10,239 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$10,018 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$9,334 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$8,947 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$8,703 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$8,628 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$7,725 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$7,564 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$7,252 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | +$6,363 | #1,495 |
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