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Tyrone 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.
Tyrone Police Department starts at $55,007 a year — about $26.45 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,678 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $13,133 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Georgia run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $57,125 would somewhere at average prices — $2,118 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 89 against a national average of 100, where goods are 99. 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 isTyrone Police Department reported 15 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 8,118.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 Tyrone says about itself
The Tyrone Police Department employs 18 sworn officers providing 24/7 law enforcement services to our citizens, visitors, and businesses.
What Tyrone does
The Tyrone Police Department is the police force for the Town of Tyrone in Fayette County, south of Atlanta. The Town says it has 18 sworn officers giving round-the-clock law enforcement to its citizens, visitors and businesses.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 24 September 2026. Tyrone Police Department, "Police Officer" page: "Certified: $55,006.90 ($24.89/hr, 85 hour pay periods)". — open the source document
Both rates are printed and this is the certified one, used as the annual printed; the "Non-Certified: $22.79/hr" rate is not the figure. The Town pays on 85-hour fortnights, so $24.89 an hour comes to $55,006.90 over 2,210 hours - about 6% more than the same hourly rate on a 40-hour week. tyronepd.org is the department's own site, linked from the Town of Tyrone's police page. The page is undated; the Employment page that links to it reads "Updated July 2026". Excluded: POST career-development incentive pay, the uniform allowance and the take-home car.
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 Tyrone 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. Tyrone starts at $55,007, so $13,133 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Tyrone Police Department officer make?
Tyrone Police Department starts a new officer on $55,007 a year, about $26.45 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 Tyrone Police Department, "Police Officer" page: "Certified: $55,006.90 ($24.89/hr, 85 hour pay periods)"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #44 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 36 pay less, 43 pay more in the state — and #1,850 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,678 below, and against other municipal agencies $13,133 below.
Compare with another department
Put Tyrone 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 GA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Tyrone | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$18,726 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$16,680 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$9,970 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$9,748 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$9,065 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$8,677 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$8,433 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$8,358 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$7,456 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$7,294 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$6,982 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | +$6,093 | #1,495 |
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