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Sachse 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.
Sachse Police Department starts at $80,099 a year — about $38.51 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $13,414 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,959 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 $82,528 would somewhere at average prices — $2,429 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.
How big the department isSachse Police Department reported 35 sworn officers and 11 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.0 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 34,679.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 Sachse says about itself
It is the mission of the Sachse Police Department to safeguard the lives and property of the citizens we serve. While doing so, officers and employees will respect and protect the rights and dignity of all citizens and promote strong personal values. The Sachse Police Department will remain proactive by continually forging partnerships with the community that create a safe environment that is free of fear. It is our pledge that the Department will uphold the public trust by performing these duties with compassion, respect, honour and integrity, so that Sachse remains a safe place to live, work and raise a family.
What Sachse does
Sachse Police Department serves a city straddling Dallas and Collin counties northeast of Dallas and has been a Texas Police Chiefs Association accredited agency since 2011. It publishes its use-of-force, pursuit and racial profiling reports openly on a transparency page, runs the city jail, and engages residents through Volunteers in Policing, Cops & Campers, E-Watch and Video Crime Watch programmes
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. Sachse Police Department — Pay Plan FY26 (department step table) — open the source document
Sachse Police Department Pay Plan FY26, the department's own step table: Police Officer Step 1 $80,099.00 a year ($38.51 an hour), rising through six steps to $97,452.62; Police Sergeant starts at $104,828 and Lieutenant at $118,456. Police Recruit is a SEPARATE class on a single flat rate of $75,000 ($36.06 an hour) with no steps — it is the pre-certification academy class, so the first sworn step is Officer Step 1. No prior service is required, and this is not a lateral rate: the city's recruitment page states that a laterally hired officer may be started between steps 1 and 6, which puts an applicant with no prior service at step 1.
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 Sachse 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. Sachse starts at $80,099, so $11,959 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Sachse Police Department officer make?
Sachse Police Department starts a new officer on $80,099 a year, about $38.51 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 Sachse Police Department — Pay Plan FY26 (department step table).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #29 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 122 pay less, 28 pay more in the state — and #493 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $13,414 above, and against other municipal agencies $11,959 above.
Compare with another department
Put Sachse 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 Sachse | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$11,007 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$10,651 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$10,630 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$9,901 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$6,949 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$6,169 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$4,869 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$4,349 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$4,341 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$3,983 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$3,950 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$3,893 | #374 |
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