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Stephenville 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.
Stephenville Police Department starts at $59,915 a year — about $28.81 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,475 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $11,349 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $61,732 would somewhere at average prices — $1,817 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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 isStephenville Police Department reported 36 sworn officers and 7 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 22,414.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.
About Stephenville
Stephenville Police partners with the community and operates with a team of sworn and non-sworn personnel providing professional police service.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $59,915 annual licensed Police Officer minimum. Current official City job listing publishes $59,915-$80,292 for Licensed & Lateral Police Officers; lateral placement is experience-dependent, while the minimum is the licensed officer starting point. — open the source document
$59,915 annual licensed Police Officer minimum. Current official City job listing publishes $59,915-$80,292 for Licensed & Lateral Police Officers; lateral placement is experience-dependent, while the minimum is the licensed officer starting point. Police Cadet is separately
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 Stephenville 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. Stephenville starts at $59,915, so $11,372 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Stephenville Police Department officer make?
Stephenville Police Department starts a new officer on $59,915 a year, about $28.81 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 $59,915 annual licensed Police Officer minimum. Current official City job listing publishes $59,915-$80,292 for Licensed & Lateral Police Officers; lateral placement is experience-dependent, while the minimum is the licensed officer starting point..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #113 of 140 agencies we have verified in Texas — 27 pay less, 112 pay more in the state — and #1,253 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,475 below, and against other municipal agencies $11,349 below.
Compare with another department
Put Stephenville 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 Stephenville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$31,191 | #192 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$30,835 | #200 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 414 | $90,729 | +$30,814 | #201 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$30,085 | #216 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | — | $87,048 | +$27,133 | #264 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$26,353 | #276 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$25,053 | #293 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$24,533 | #300 |
| 9 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,082 | +$24,167 | #306 |
| 10 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,049 | +$24,134 | #307 |
| 11 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$24,077 | #309 |
| 12 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | +$23,954 | #312 |
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