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Toms River Township 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.
Toms River Township Police Department starts at $56,792 a year — about $27.30 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $9,893 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,348 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in New Jersey run about 9% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $52,196 somewhere at average prices — $4,596 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 134 against a national average of 100, where goods are 107. 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 isToms River Township Police Department reported 145 sworn officers and 53 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 101,100.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 Toms River Township says about itself
The mission of the Toms River Police Department is to work with the community and other agencies in educating the public, reducing safety hazards and solving problems in order to preserve life, protect property, maintain human rights and enhance the quality of life in Toms River Township.
What Toms River Township does
Toms River Police Department serves Toms River Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. It is accredited by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, and its Administration Bureau covers records, a municipal holding facility, the police garage and the Office of Professional Standards, which includes recruiting, training and internal affairs.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 18 August 2026. Toms River Police Department — Recruitment FAQs, "What is the current salary for Toms River Police Officers?" — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 January 2025.
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 Toms River Township 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 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| 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 $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Toms River Township starts at $56,792, so $11,348 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Toms River Township Police Department officer make?
Toms River Township Police Department starts a new officer on $56,792 a year, about $27.30 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 Toms River Police Department — Recruitment FAQs, "What is the current salary for Toms River Police Officers?".
Is that good pay for a police officer in New Jersey?
It ranks #11 of 27 agencies we have verified in New Jersey — 16 pay less, 10 pay more in the state — and #1,760 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $9,893 below, and against other municipal agencies $11,348 below.
Compare with another department
Put Toms River Township 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 NJ
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Toms | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Fish & Wildlife Conservation Police | State | — | $74,153 | +$17,361 | #711 |
| 2 | New Jersey State Police | State | 3,351 | $64,956 | +$8,164 | #1,268 |
| 3 | Galloway Township Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $64,236 | +$7,444 | #1,307 |
| 4 | Monroe Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $63,736 | +$6,944 | #1,334 |
| 5 | New Jersey State Parole Board | State | — | $63,268 | +$6,476 | #1,367 |
| 6 | North Plainfield Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $59,036 | +$2,244 | #1,624 |
| 7 | Hamilton Township Police Division | Municipal | — | $59,000 | +$2,208 | #1,629 |
| 8 | Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department | Municipal | 16 | $58,000 | +$1,208 | #1,679 |
| 9 | Vineland Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $58,000 | +$1,208 | #1,681 |
| 10 | Cherry Hill Township Police Department | Municipal | 135 | $57,322 | +$530 | #1,741 |
| 12 | South Brunswick Police Department | Municipal | — | $55,165 | −$1,627 | #1,840 |
| 13 | New Jersey Department of Corrections — Correctional Police | State | — | $55,081 | −$1,711 | #1,847 |
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