Shelburne Police Department entry pay

What Shelburne says about itself

Our mission is "To Protect and Serve" the life, individual liberty, and property of everyone within the town, to develop and maintain positive relationships with community members, and to foster a positive working environment for police and communications employees.

What Shelburne does

The Shelburne Police Department is a full-service department serving the Town of Shelburne in Chittenden County, working from the ground floor of the Shelburne Town Office Complex on Shelburne Road and running its own communications center alongside the police service. Sworn officers, corporals, dispatchers and qualifying part-time staff are represented by New England Police Benevolent Association Local 413, certified by the Vermont Labor Relations Board in June 2015. The agreement sets 12 paid holidays, 36 hours of personal leave for officers on a regular 12-hour shift, a voluntary health and wellness programme assessed against the Cooper Standard with a $600 payment for meeting it, and a police labor-management committee that meets quarterly.

Shifts at Shelburne

Where the figure comes from

Checked 1 September 2026. Town of Shelburne / NEPBA Local 413 agreement, Appendix A wage schedule effective 1 July 2025: Patrol Step 1 $28.66 per hour — open the source document
Patrol Step 1, $28.66 an hour on the wage schedule effective 1 July 2025, the last of five dated schedules in the agreement: $59,612.80 on a 40-hour week. The Department publishes the executed agreement on its own site. Trainee class: NO - Section 601(B) puts newly hired employees without certification on a separate Academy/Training wage, and Step 1 of the Patrol grade is the rate for a certified officer, which is where an academy graduate lands; prior sworn service is not required, and credited experience moves an officer UP the grade (100 per cent of Vermont service, 75 per cent of out-of-state service). The agreement runs 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026 and Section 105 continues it in force while a successor is negotiated, so this is the current published schedule - SUCCESSOR WATCH. SUPERSEDES the Department's own benefits sheet, which prices the rank at $26.51 at hire, $27.51 after field training or the academy and $28.51 after both, but dates itself January-June 2024 and has expired by its own terms. Work period: the Town and the union may set a period of 7 to 28 days (Appendix B), and the work day is 8, 10 or 12 hours by agreement, so 2,080 is the plain 40-hour year and not a bargained multiplier. Shift differential $1.15 for 1500-2300 and $1.40 for 2300-0700; special detail $45.00 an hour with a four-hour minimum; longevity $75 a year after five years capped at $600; VMERS Group C or DC for police.
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.

Entry pay, 2022–2025

Every point is the entry-class annual base printed in the agency’s own pay document. Base pay only — no shift differential, incentives or allowances.

In effect

How this level compares

Where Shelburne sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.

How it ranks

Common questions

How much does a Shelburne Police Department officer make?

Shelburne Police Department starts a new officer on $59,613 a year, about $28.66 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 Town of Shelburne / NEPBA Local 413 agreement, Appendix A wage schedule effective 1 July 2025: Patrol Step 1 $28.66 per hour.

Is that good pay for a police officer in Vermont?

It ranks #12 of 16 agencies we have verified in Vermont — 4 pay less, 11 pay more in the state — and #1,604 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,072 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,527 below.

What shifts do Shelburne Police Department officers work?

Shelburne's agreement with NEPBA Local 413 sets the work day at 8, 10 or 12 hours by mutual agreement, and lets the Town and the union establish a work period of anywhere from 7 to 28 consecutive days, with the overtime threshold set by the length of that period - 40 hours over 7 days, 160 over 28. Officers on a regular 12-hour shift get 36 hours of personal leave a year; the differential is $1.15 for 1500-2300 and $1.40 for 2300-0700. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.

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