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Sunny Isles Beach 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.
Sunny Isles Beach Police Department starts at $80,000 a year — about $38.46 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,610 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,736 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Florida run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $77,359 somewhere at average prices — $2,641 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 122 against a national average of 100, 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 isSunny Isles Beach Police Department reported 65 sworn officers and 13 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 23,068.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 Sunny Isles Beach says about itself
The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department is a fully accredited law enforcement agency, which is dedicated to providing the highest level of professional service to our community.
What Sunny Isles Beach does
Sunny Isles Beach Police Department is a fully accredited agency policing a narrow barrier-island city on Collins Avenue in northern Miami-Dade County. It sits within the City's Public Safety Department alongside Ocean Rescue, whose officers train for water rescue on the beaches and the Intracoastal Waterway; fire rescue for the city is provided by Miami-Dade County rather than the city itself. The department describes community policing as its priority and runs outreach including a police explorers programme with the local schools.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Sunny Isles Beach official P — open the source document
FY2026 official recruitment; source distinguishes academy salary $70,019.40 and published Police Officer Recruit position salary $80,000; $80,000 retained as the documented post-certi
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 Sunny Isles Beach 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. Sunny Isles Beach starts at $80,000, so $8,713 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Sunny Isles Beach Police Department officer make?
Sunny Isles Beach Police Department starts a new officer on $80,000 a year, about $38.46 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 Sunny Isles Beach official P.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #5 of 141 agencies we have verified in Florida — 136 pay less, 4 pay more in the state — and #411 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,610 above, and against other municipal agencies $8,736 above.
Compare with another department
Put Sunny Isles Beach 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Sunny | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $86,674 | +$6,674 | #270 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$1,723 | #354 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$1,000 | #379 |
| 4 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$912 | #383 |
| 6 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | −$1,444 | #441 |
| 7 | Coral Springs Police Department | Municipal | 222 | $77,516 | −$2,484 | #470 |
| 8 | Boynton Beach Police Department | Municipal | 173 | $76,650 | −$3,350 | #490 |
| 9 | North Palm Beach Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $76,378 | −$3,622 | #497 |
| 10 | Naples Police Department | Municipal | 74 | $76,320 | −$3,680 | #501 |
| 11 | West Palm Beach Police Department | Municipal | 295 | $75,921 | −$4,079 | #524 |
| 12 | Bay Harbor Islands Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $75,836 | −$4,164 | #528 |
| 13 | Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | County | 490 | $75,457 | −$4,543 | #537 |
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