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Tulsa Community College 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.
Tulsa Community College Police Department starts at $44,886 a year — about $21.58 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $23,504 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $15,309 below the median for special jurisdiction agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oklahoma run about 12% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $51,098 would somewhere at average prices — $6,212 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 63 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isTulsa Community College Police Department reported 28 sworn officers and 11 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. 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 Tulsa Community College says about itself
The Tulsa Community College Police Department is a professional, full-service law enforcement agency with the responsibility to provide police services to all areas of our campus communities.
What Tulsa Community College does
Tulsa Community College Police Officers perform general-duty police work for the welfare and property of students, faculty and staff. They enforce college regulations and Oklahoma state law across college campuses.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled GovernmentJobs Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 17 May 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 Tulsa Community College 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. Tulsa Community College starts at $44,886, so $15,309 below the special jurisdiction middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Tulsa Community College Police Department officer make?
Tulsa Community College Police Department starts a new officer on $44,886 a year, about $21.58 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 employer-controlled GovernmentJobs Police Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oklahoma?
It ranks #12 of 12 agencies we have verified in Oklahoma — 0 pay less, 11 pay more in the state — and #1,635 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $23,504 below, and against other special jurisdiction agencies $15,309 below.
Compare with another department
Put Tulsa Community College 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 OK
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Tulsa | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Arrow Police Department | Municipal | 168 | $72,004 | +$27,118 | #666 |
| 2 | Moore Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $70,796 | +$25,909 | #737 |
| 3 | Edmond Police Department | Municipal | 126 | $68,481 | +$23,595 | #837 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | State | 789 | $67,900 | +$23,013 | #868 |
| 5 | Yukon Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $63,058 | +$18,172 | #1,108 |
| 6 | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office | County | 223 | $60,000 | +$15,114 | #1,246 |
| 7 | Enid Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $56,243 | +$11,357 | #1,391 |
| 8 | Lawton Police Department | Municipal | 167 | $56,118 | +$11,232 | #1,394 |
| 9 | Coweta Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $49,271 | +$4,385 | #1,582 |
| 10 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Municipal | 1,108 | $47,460 | +$2,574 | #1,605 |
| 11 | Ardmore Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $45,178 | +$291 | #1,627 |
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