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Trumbull 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.
Trumbull Police Department starts at $67,389 a year — about $32.40 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $704 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $751 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Connecticut run about 4% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $65,041 somewhere at average prices — $2,348 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 isTrumbull Police Department reported 78 sworn officers and 11 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.0 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 38,448.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 Trumbull says about itself
The mission of the Trumbull Police Department is to provide professional, knowledgeable, and thorough law enforcement services to ensure the safety and well being of all people with constant awareness to the diverse needs of the individual and community.
What Trumbull does
The Trumbull Police Department serves the Town of Trumbull in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. Town of Trumbull police Salary & Benefits page, patrol officer Step 1 — open the source document
Compensation guidelines effective 1 July 2024 under the collective bargaining agreement; five steps, $67,389 to $94,450. The Town's recruiting page carries the same figure against an earlier date (1 October 2023).
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 Trumbull 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. Trumbull starts at $67,389, so $751 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Trumbull Police Department officer make?
Trumbull Police Department starts a new officer on $67,389 a year, about $32.40 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 Trumbull police Salary & Benefits page, patrol officer Step 1.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Connecticut?
It ranks #18 of 21 agencies we have verified in Connecticut — 3 pay less, 17 pay more in the state — and #1,101 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $704 above, and against other municipal agencies $751 below.
Compare with another department
Put Trumbull 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 Trumbull | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Windsor Police Department | Municipal | 41 | $87,483 | +$20,094 | #312 |
| 2 | Norwalk Police Department | Municipal | 184 | $82,116 | +$14,727 | #425 |
| 3 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $81,237 | +$13,848 | #451 |
| 4 | Hamden Police Department | Municipal | 93 | $80,104 | +$12,715 | #492 |
| 5 | Greenwich Police Department | Municipal | 142 | $78,704 | +$11,315 | #528 |
| 6 | Connecticut State Police | State | 955 | $76,625 | +$9,236 | #600 |
| 7 | Suffield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $75,420 | +$8,031 | #653 |
| 8 | Fairfield Police Department | Municipal | 115 | $75,241 | +$7,852 | #664 |
| 9 | Shelton Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $74,962 | +$7,573 | #680 |
| 10 | Stamford Police Department | Municipal | 278 | $72,881 | +$5,492 | #766 |
| 11 | Manchester Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $72,633 | +$5,244 | #783 |
| 12 | Norwich Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $71,944 | +$4,555 | #817 |
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