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Taylor 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.
Taylor Police Department starts at $61,763 a year — about $29.69 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,627 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $9,501 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 $63,636 would somewhere at average prices — $1,873 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 isTaylor Police Department reported 29 sworn officers and 11 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 18,250.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 Taylor
Taylor Police states its mission as providing proactive and responsive police service in partnership with neighbourhoods and the community.
Shifts at Taylor
Patrol officers work 12-hour shifts and are off every other Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The agency publishes the shift length but not a named cycle. These are the 12-hour rotations departments most often build on it: Pitman, 4 on, 4 off, DuPont, Panama.
Every other weekend off is a fortnightly cycle, so the weekend you are free moves and the one you are working never falls on the same date twice. BlueShifts draws the whole pattern months ahead, so you can see which weekends are yours before anyone asks you to commit to one.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 15 August 2026. City of Taylor — Civil Service Pay Schedule, Police Department, effective 1 October 2025 — open the source document
The City of Taylor's civil service pay schedule, effective 1 October 2025, runs the Police Officer scale from step PO-B at $61,763.17 a year ($29.69 an hour) through eighteen steps to PO-17 at $88,994.64. Police Corporal begins at $78,884.51 and Police Sergeant at $87,181.12. The schedule reflects a 3 per cent cost of living rise for the 2026 financial year on top of a market adjustment from the City's 2024 compensation study.
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 Taylor 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. Taylor starts at $61,763, so $9,524 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Taylor Police Department officer make?
Taylor Police Department starts a new officer on $61,763 a year, about $29.69 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 Taylor — Civil Service Pay Schedule, Police Department, effective 1 October 2025.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #107 of 140 agencies we have verified in Texas — 33 pay less, 106 pay more in the state — and #1,165 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,627 below, and against other municipal agencies $9,501 below.
What shifts do Taylor Police Department officers work?
Patrol officers work 12-hour shifts and are off every other Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Taylor 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 Taylor | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$29,343 | #192 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$28,987 | #200 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 414 | $90,729 | +$28,966 | #201 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$28,237 | #216 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | — | $87,048 | +$25,285 | #264 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$24,505 | #276 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$23,205 | #293 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$22,685 | #300 |
| 9 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,082 | +$22,319 | #306 |
| 10 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,049 | +$22,286 | #307 |
| 11 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$22,229 | #309 |
| 12 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | +$22,105 | #312 |
Base pay is only part of the year
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