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Statesville 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.
Statesville Police Department starts at $55,120 a year — about $26.50 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $13,270 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $16,144 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in North Carolina run about 6% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $58,436 would somewhere at average prices — $3,316 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 81 against a national average of 100, where goods are 97. 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 isStatesville Police Department reported 87 sworn officers and 23 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 32,519.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 Statesville says about itself
The members of the Statesville Police Department conscientiously strive to be responsive to the needs of the community; knowing that we exist not to serve ourselves, but to serve and protect others.
What Statesville does
Statesville Police Officers perform full municipal law-enforcement work on rotating 12-hour shifts. The City maintains a separate Police Officer Recruit classification for applicants learning the duties of an officer before BLET certification and advancement into sworn Police Officer service
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Statesville official 2026 Police Officer and Police — open the source document
Police Officer posting opened 23 June 2026; official minimum $26.50/hour = $55,120 annually. The City separately hires non-certified Police Officer Recruits for BLET, confirming a zero-experience pipeline into the sworn classification. Recruit pay and incentives are excluded
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 Statesville 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. Statesville starts at $55,120, so $16,167 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Statesville Police Department officer make?
Statesville Police Department starts a new officer on $55,120 a year, about $26.50 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 Statesville official 2026 Police Officer and Police.
Is that good pay for a police officer in North Carolina?
It ranks #16 of 40 agencies we have verified in North Carolina — 24 pay less, 15 pay more in the state — and #1,425 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $13,270 below, and against other municipal agencies $16,144 below.
Compare with another department
Put Statesville 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 NC
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Statesville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knightdale Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $67,363 | +$12,243 | #902 |
| 2 | Cary Police Department | Municipal | 194 | $65,104 | +$9,984 | #1,012 |
| 3 | Wake Forest Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $65,093 | +$9,973 | #1,013 |
| 4 | Appalachian State University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 36 | $64,084 | +$8,964 | #1,057 |
| 5 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | State | — | $63,250 | +$8,130 | #1,100 |
| 6 | Johnston County Sheriff's Office | County | 124 | $62,213 | +$7,093 | #1,147 |
| 7 | Chapel Hill Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $61,451 | +$6,331 | #1,176 |
| 8 | Raleigh Police Department | Municipal | 713 | $61,417 | +$6,297 | #1,177 |
| 9 | Duke University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 57 | $60,195 | +$5,075 | #1,227 |
| 10 | Greensboro Police Department | Municipal | 582 | $59,509 | +$4,389 | #1,268 |
| 11 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department | Municipal | 1,702 | $59,502 | +$4,382 | #1,269 |
| 12 | Rolesville Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $59,304 | +$4,184 | #1,274 |
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