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Springfield 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.
Springfield Police Department starts at $77,276 a year — about $37.15 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,886 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $6,012 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Eugene-Springfield, OR run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $76,083 somewhere at average prices — $1,193 less than the headline figure. 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 isSpringfield Police Department reported 56 sworn officers and 46 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 61,013.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 Springfield says about itself
The Springfield Police Department is committed to providing excellent service to its more than 63,000 community members. DESCRIPTION: The Springfield Police Department is a full-service police agency committed to public safety, excellent service, community relationships, fair and empathetic policing, accountability and community trust.
What Springfield does
Springfield Police Department says its mission is to serve with honor, uphold the law and protect the community. Official materials identify professionalism and integrity as guiding values and emphasize excellence in duty, ethical conduct, honesty, accountability and high moral standards
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Springfield of — open the source document
Opened 5 June 2026; official Police Officer minimum $77,276 annually; entry applicants are accepted through the department'
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 Springfield 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. Springfield starts at $77,276, so $5,989 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Springfield Police Department officer make?
Springfield Police Department starts a new officer on $77,276 a year, about $37.15 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 City of Springfield of.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #19 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 27 pay less, 18 pay more in the state — and #474 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,886 above, and against other municipal agencies $6,012 above.
Compare with another department
Put Springfield 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 OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Springfield | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$9,320 | #271 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$9,156 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$8,462 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$7,692 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$6,724 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$6,712 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | +$5,471 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | +$4,905 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | +$4,759 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | +$4,697 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | +$4,288 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | +$4,073 | #366 |
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