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Statesboro 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.

Statesboro Police Department starts at $57,699 a year — about $27.74 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,986 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $10,441 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 $59,920 would somewhere at average prices — $2,221 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 isStatesboro Police Department reported 83 sworn officers and 20 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 35,685.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 Statesboro says about itself

The mission of the Statesboro Police Department is to create a safe community by reducing crime, building trust, and ensuring the safety of our citizens within the framework of the United States Constitution.

What Statesboro does

Statesboro says Police Officers enforce federal, state and local laws and protect life and property. The position is expressly identified as sworn and performs basic patrol-officer functions.

Where the figure comes from

Checked 10 August 2026. City of Statesboro Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 21 July 2025.
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 Statesboro sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.

LevelLowestMedianHighestAgencies
Municipal$33,280$68,140$163,6191549
County$35,000$63,565$132,263516
Special jurisdiction$31,200$60,204$107,95471
State$33,994$65,166$110,916145
Federal$70,477$73,502$86,5305
Territory$16,640$28,236$43,3549
What this shows

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. Statesboro starts at $57,699, so $10,441 below the municipal middle.

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How it ranks

Nationally #1,714of 2,288 agencies Top 75% of everything we have verified
In GA #31of 80 agencies 49 pay less, 30 pay more
Hourly to start $28on a 2,080-hour year Base pay only, before overtime or any differential

Common questions

How much does a Statesboro Police Department officer make?

Statesboro Police Department starts a new officer on $57,699 a year, about $27.74 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 Statesboro Police Officer posting.

Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?

It ranks #31 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 49 pay less, 30 pay more in the state — and #1,714 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,986 below, and against other municipal agencies $10,441 below.

Compare with another department

Put Statesboro 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.

Compare Statesboro

The agencies either side of it

Other agencies in GA

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#AgencyLevelSworn #Entry payVs StatesboroNational
1Chamblee Police DepartmentMunicipal68$73,733+$16,034#729
2Sandy Springs Police DepartmentMunicipal149$71,686+$13,987#836
3Georgia Bureau of InvestigationState338$64,977+$7,277#1,265
4Duluth Police DepartmentMunicipal57$64,755+$7,056#1,279
5Garden City Police DepartmentMunicipal35$64,072+$6,372#1,314
6Georgia State PatrolState—$63,684+$5,985#1,336
7South Fulton Police DepartmentMunicipal213$63,440+$5,741#1,354
8Hall County Sheriff's OfficeCounty283$63,365+$5,666#1,359
9Roswell Police DepartmentMunicipal154$62,462+$4,763#1,413
10Dunwoody Police DepartmentMunicipal66$62,301+$4,602#1,428
11Savannah Police DepartmentMunicipal425$61,989+$4,290#1,450
12Alpharetta Police DepartmentMunicipal105$61,100+$3,401#1,495

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