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Satellite Beach 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.
Satellite Beach Police Department starts at $53,321 a year — about $25.64 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $13,364 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $14,819 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Florida run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $51,561 somewhere at average prices — $1,760 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 122 against a national average of 100, 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 isSatellite Beach Police Department reported 23 sworn officers and 12 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.0 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 11,402.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 Satellite Beach says about itself
The Satellite Beach Police Department currently has 25 officers assigned to the Uniformed Patrol Division. The Satellite Beach Police Department emphasizes the philosophy of community-oriented policing. The members of the Satellite Beach Police Department are committed to improving the quality of life for all those who live in, work, or visit the City of Satellite Beach.
What Satellite Beach does
The Satellite Beach Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Satellite Beach in Brevard County, incorporated in 1957. It fields 25 sworn officers and about ten civilian staff, works from the Hartmann and Flagg Police Station - named for Sergeant E. Edward Hartmann and Officer Philip J. Flagg, killed by an impaired driver on 31 May 1992 - and runs patrol and criminal investigations divisions along with a K-9 programme, an emergency response team, school resource officers and a marine unit. Its chief leads the Beachside Traffic Homicide Investigation Taskforce, which reconstructs fatal crashes for four agencies in the county.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 30 August 2026. Join our Team, Satellite Beach Police Department. — open the source document
Their source is effective 28 August 2026.
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 Satellite Beach 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. Satellite Beach starts at $53,321, so $14,819 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Satellite Beach Police Department officer make?
Satellite Beach Police Department starts a new officer on $53,321 a year, about $25.64 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 Join our Team, Satellite Beach Police Department..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #220 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 83 pay less, 219 pay more in the state — and #1,951 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $13,364 below, and against other municipal agencies $14,819 below.
Compare with another department
Put Satellite Beach 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Satellite | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$37,686 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$28,402 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$27,679 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$27,633 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$27,591 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$26,679 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$26,529 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$25,750 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$25,507 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$25,235 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$25,109 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$24,959 | #549 |
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