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Tigard 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.
Tigard Police Department starts at $86,596 a year — about $41.63 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $18,206 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $15,332 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA run about 5% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $82,143 somewhere at average prices — $4,453 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 125 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isTigard Police Department reported 71 sworn officers and 16 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 57,885.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 Tigard says about itself
We are the men and women who serve the community in Tigard, Oregon. We are a professional and progressive organization with a mission to serve all who live, work and play here. We embody our core values of attitude, integrity, leadership, service and teamwork.
What Tigard does
Tigard Police Department serves a Washington County city south-west of Portland, employing roughly 100 people between sworn officers and support staff across three divisions — Operations, Support Services and Administration. Patrol officers work around the clock in three daily shifts. Its Commercial Crimes Unit is the only one of its kind in Oregon and perhaps on the West Coast, nationally recognised for investigating crimes against the business community including organised retail theft, embezzlement, burglary and robbery, and it helped establish the Oregon Retail Crime Association Network. Alongside it are a Criminal Investigation Unit covering serious crimes against people and property, K-9 teams, three school resource officers, traffic and drug investigators, a community service officer and a crime analyst. The department was first accredited in 2019 against 106 standards and has been reaccredited since; Tigard voters approved a Police Services Levy in 2020 and renewed it in 2024 by a 78% margin.
Shifts at Tigard
Tigard's patrol officers work around the clock in three daily shifts, responding to dispatched calls and making proactive connections in the community.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Tigard official Entry — open the source document
Opened 4 June 2026; official annual minimum $86,596.38
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 Tigard 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. Tigard starts at $86,596, so $15,309 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Tigard Police Department officer make?
Tigard Police Department starts a new officer on $86,596 a year, about $41.63 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 Tigard official Entry.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #1 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — the highest in the state in the state — and #271 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $18,206 above, and against other municipal agencies $15,332 above.
What shifts do Tigard Police Department officers work?
Tigard's patrol officers work around the clock in three daily shifts, responding to dispatched calls and making proactive connections in the community. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Tigard 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 OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Tigard | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | −$164 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | −$859 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | −$1,628 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | −$2,596 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | −$2,608 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | −$3,849 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | −$4,416 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | −$4,561 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | −$4,624 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | −$5,032 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | −$5,248 | #366 |
| 13 | Canby Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $80,883 | −$5,713 | #384 |
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