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Senoia 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.
Senoia Police Department starts at $55,000 a year — about $26.44 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,685 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $13,140 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 $57,117 would somewhere at average prices — $2,117 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.
What Senoia says about itself
Under the direction of Chief Jason Edens, the Senoia Police Department covers approximately a 6.1 square mile area to provide around-the-clock public safety to approximately 6,100 residents and thousands of tourists.
What Senoia does
The Senoia Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Senoia in Coweta County, south-west of Atlanta. It has 18 sworn officers and 3 civilian staff, and offers a full range of policing services from preventive patrol to criminal investigations.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 24 September 2026. Senoia Police Department, "Career Opportunities" page: "Starting salary: $55,000 SWORN; $45,000 NON-SWORN while in academy, with $2,500 Bonus upon graduation". — open the source document
The department prints a sworn rate and an academy rate on one line; $55,000 for a sworn officer is the figure, used as printed, and the $45,000 paid while in the academy is not. No pay period is stated. senoiapd.com is the department's own site, linked from the City of Senoia police page. The page is undated. Excluded: the $2,500 graduation bonus, overtime, and the separate $44,000-$48,000 range for school resource and part-time posts.
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 Senoia 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. Senoia starts at $55,000, so $13,140 below the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Senoia Police Department officer make?
Senoia Police Department starts a new officer on $55,000 a year, about $26.44 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 Senoia Police Department, "Career Opportunities" page: "Starting salary: $55,000 SWORN; $45,000 NON-SWORN while in academy, with $2,500 Bonus upon graduation"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #46 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 34 pay less, 45 pay more in the state — and #1,862 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,685 below, and against other municipal agencies $13,140 below.
Compare with another department
Put Senoia 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 Senoia | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$18,733 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$16,686 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$9,977 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$9,755 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$9,072 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$8,684 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$8,440 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$8,365 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$7,462 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$7,301 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$6,989 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | +$6,100 | #1,495 |
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