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Venice 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.
Venice Police Department starts at $70,000 a year — about $33.65 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,315 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $1,860 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $68,348 somewhere at average prices — $1,652 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 128, where goods are 96. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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.
What Venice says about itself
Provide exceptional public safety services and protection for our citizens and community.
What Venice does
Venice Police Department says every contact builds trust, and that officers' daily work contributes to a service standard residents can see and feel.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Venice official Career Opportunities page — open the source document
2026 page; Police Officer salary range $70,000-$97,075, minimum taken as the entry base. Prior-experience steps begin at $75,276 for 3 years.
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 Venice 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. Venice starts at $70,000, so $1,860 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Venice Police Department officer make?
Venice Police Department starts a new officer on $70,000 a year, about $33.65 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 City of Venice official Career Opportunities page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #63 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 240 pay less, 62 pay more in the state — and #946 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,315 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,860 above.
Compare with another department
Put Venice 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Venice | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$21,007 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$11,723 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$11,000 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$10,954 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$10,912 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$10,000 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$9,850 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$9,071 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$8,828 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$8,556 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$8,430 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$8,280 | #549 |
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