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Suffield 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.
Suffield Police Department starts at $75,420 a year — about $36.26 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,153 above the median of the 2,053 agencies on this list, and $6,634 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Connecticut run about 4% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $72,792 somewhere at average prices — $2,628 less than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 146 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 isSuffield Police Department reported 21 sworn officers and 8 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 16,037.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 Suffield
The Suffield Police Department polices the town of Suffield in the northern Connecticut River Valley on the Massachusetts line, 42.9 square miles with just under 16,000 people, 16 miles from Hartford and 8 from Springfield. It has 21 sworn members: a chief and captain in administration, a patrol division of a lieutenant, five sergeants and eleven patrol officers, a detective and a school resource officer. Officers can take special assignments as detective or school resource officer and on the Regional Tactical Team, the Regional Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction Team and the Regional Crisis Negotiation Team.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 September 2026. Town of Suffield, Entry Level Police Officer announcement (October 2025), published on the Town's own Human Resources page — open the source document
Read 8 September 2026 from the Town's own announcement, listed under Current Job Openings on suffieldct.gov: 'Salary: $75,420 to $99,091' and, under SALARY/BENEFITS, 'Starting Salary: $75,420 to $99,091'. The announcement is for ENTRY LEVEL police officers and its minimum qualifications ask only for age 21 at the start of the assigned POSTC accredited academy, a high school diploma or GED, a driver's license and a CHIP fitness card, so no prior certification is required; the town runs a separate Certified Police Officer announcement for laterals, which is excluded. The top of the range is the top of the scale and is excluded. The post is a 40-hour week and is paid hourly. Applicants must live within 25 miles of the police department within one year of completing field training.
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 Suffield 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 | $68,786 | $163,619 | 1372 |
| County | $35,000 | $64,438 | $132,263 | 459 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,400 | $110,916 | 144 |
| 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 $4,700 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,100 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Suffield starts at $75,420, so $6,634 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Suffield Police Department officer make?
Suffield Police Department starts a new officer on $75,420 a year, about $36.26 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 Town of Suffield, Entry Level Police Officer announcement (October 2025), published on the Town's own Human Resources page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Connecticut?
It ranks #6 of 19 agencies we have verified in Connecticut — 13 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #600 of 2,053 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,153 above, and against other municipal agencies $6,634 above.
Compare with another department
Put Suffield 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 CT
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Suffield | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Windsor Police Department | Municipal | 41 | $87,483 | +$12,063 | #280 |
| 2 | Norwalk Police Department | Municipal | 184 | $82,116 | +$6,696 | #382 |
| 3 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $81,237 | +$5,817 | #408 |
| 4 | Greenwich Police Department | Municipal | 142 | $78,704 | +$3,284 | #481 |
| 5 | Connecticut State Police | State | 955 | $76,625 | +$1,205 | #548 |
| 7 | Fairfield Police Department | Municipal | 115 | $75,241 | −$179 | #611 |
| 8 | Stamford Police Department | Municipal | 278 | $72,881 | −$2,539 | #706 |
| 9 | Manchester Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $72,633 | −$2,787 | #720 |
| 10 | Norwich Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $71,944 | −$3,476 | #750 |
| 11 | Wallingford Police Department | Municipal | 73 | $71,448 | −$3,972 | #778 |
| 12 | Bridgeport Police Department | Municipal | 321 | $71,192 | −$4,228 | #796 |
| 13 | Danbury Police Department | Municipal | 156 | $68,499 | −$6,921 | #939 |
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