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Sherman 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.
Sherman Police Department starts at $82,812 a year — about $39.81 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $14,422 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $11,548 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Sherman-Denison, TX run about 6% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $88,313 would somewhere at average prices — $5,501 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 83 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isSherman Police Department reported 79 sworn officers and 27 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.5 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 51,942.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 Sherman says about itself
The Sherman Police Department is committed to protecting the public from harm while maintaining trust and building confidence within the community.
What Sherman does
Sherman Police states that it is committed to protecting the public from harm and maintaining the public’s trust and confidence in the department.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $82,812 annual. Current official Sherman Police salary material, effective October 1, 2025, publishes Entry Police Officer pay of $82,812 for certified and non-certified entrants. — open the source document
Pay scale effective October 1, 2025. $82,812 annual. Current official Sherman Police salary material, effective October 1, 2025, publishes Entry Police Officer pay of $82,812 for certified and non-certified entrants. A separate lateral program applies to experienced officers, so the entry rate is retained for th
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 Sherman 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 | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| 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 $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Sherman starts at $82,812, so $11,525 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Sherman Police Department officer make?
Sherman Police Department starts a new officer on $82,812 a year, about $39.81 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 $82,812 annual. Current official Sherman Police salary material, effective October 1, 2025, publishes Entry Police Officer pay of $82,812 for certified and non-certified entrants..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #17 of 140 agencies we have verified in Texas — 123 pay less, 16 pay more in the state — and #336 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $14,422 above, and against other municipal agencies $11,548 above.
Compare with another department
Put Sherman 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 Sherman | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$8,294 | #192 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$7,938 | #200 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 414 | $90,729 | +$7,917 | #201 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$7,188 | #216 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | — | $87,048 | +$4,236 | #264 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$3,456 | #276 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$2,156 | #293 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$1,636 | #300 |
| 9 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,082 | +$1,270 | #306 |
| 10 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,049 | +$1,237 | #307 |
| 11 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$1,180 | #309 |
| 12 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | +$1,057 | #312 |
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