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Snellville 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.
Snellville Police Department starts at $60,905 a year — about $29.28 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,780 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $7,235 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 $63,250 would somewhere at average prices — $2,345 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.
How big the department isSnellville Police Department reported 50 sworn officers and 16 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 22,799.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 Snellville says about itself
To protect and serve by using effective and proven standards of excellence, with a positive and progressive attitude in every aspect of our public service. To preserve the peace and strive to prevent crime disorder while maintaining active cooperation with the community and respect for human dignity.
What Snellville does
Snellville Police Department serves a culturally diverse Gwinnett County city on US Highway 78 between Stone Mountain and Athens, in the Atlanta metropolitan area. It is comprised of 48 full-time sworn officers, 14 full-time civilian employees, 12 part-time and reserve sworn officers and one part-time civilian, providing full-service public safety for the city. The department works to a community-oriented policing philosophy built on partnerships with residents and problem-solving initiatives, and runs a free Citizen's Police Academy twice a year alongside an annual Snellville Public Safety Night.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $60,905 annual Step 1 certified Police Officer rate after academy. Official July 1, 2026 City posting states non-certified candidates receive $50,000 until certified and increase to starting certified-officer pay upon successful academy completion. — open the source document
Police Officer posting dated July 1, 2026; FY2027 budget cycle $60,905 annual Step 1 certified Police Officer rate after academy. Official July 1, 2026 City posting states non-certified candidates receive $50,000 until certified and increase to starting certified-officer pay upon successful academy completion. The official pay table identifi
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 Snellville 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. Snellville starts at $60,905, so $7,235 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Snellville Police Department officer make?
Snellville Police Department starts a new officer on $60,905 a year, about $29.28 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 $60,905 annual Step 1 certified Police Officer rate after academy. Official July 1, 2026 City posting states non-certified candidates receive $50,000 until certified and increase to starting certified-officer pay upon successful academy completion..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #15 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 65 pay less, 14 pay more in the state — and #1,511 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,780 below, and against other municipal agencies $7,235 below.
Compare with another department
Put Snellville 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 Snellville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$12,828 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$10,781 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$4,072 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$3,850 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$3,167 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$2,779 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$2,535 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$2,460 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$1,557 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$1,396 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$1,084 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | +$195 | #1,495 |
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