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United States Park Police 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.
United States Park Police starts at $73,177 a year — about $35.18 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,787 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $325 below the median for federal agencies.
What United States Park says about itself
The United States Park Police is the law enforcement arm of the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service.
What United States Park does
The United States Park Police is the law enforcement arm of the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service, policing the national icons and memorials of the Washington metropolitan area alongside other park and jurisdictional lands. It is one of the oldest uniformed federal forces in the country, and it runs an unusually wide set of specialist units for its size — among them aviation, marine patrol, SWAT, K-9, motorcycles and a horse mounted patrol.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 August 2026. United States Park Police — Police Officer (Private), announcement WO-1614-USPP-26-12983053-DE, open to 28 December 2026 — open the source document
$73,177. The Force's own open-continuous announcement on USAJOBS, SP-01 Washington DC; checked 19 August 2026
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 United States Park 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. United States Park starts at $73,177, so $325 below the federal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a United States Park Police officer make?
United States Park Police starts a new officer on $73,177 a year, about $35.18 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 United States Park Police — Police Officer (Private), announcement WO-1614-USPP-26-12983053-DE, open to 28 December 2026.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Federal?
It ranks #4 of 5 agencies we have verified in Federal — 1 pay less, 3 pay more in the state — and #618 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,787 above, and against other federal agencies $325 below.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in US
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs United | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Capitol Police | Federal | — | $86,530 | +$13,353 | #272 |
| 2 | Supreme Court of the United States Police | Federal | — | $83,362 | +$10,185 | #327 |
| 3 | United States Secret Service — Uniformed Division | Federal | — | $73,502 | +$325 | #610 |
| 5 | Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon Police | Federal | — | $70,477 | −$2,700 | #748 |
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