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Victoria 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.
Victoria Police Department starts at $60,000 a year — about $28.85 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,685 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $8,140 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Victoria, TX run about 10% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $66,786 would somewhere at average prices — $6,786 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 69 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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.
How big the department isVictoria Police Department reported 105 sworn officers and 33 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 66,142.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 Victoria says about itself
Our mission is to make the City of Victoria a safe place in which to live, work and visit. The men and women of the Victoria Police Department are dedicated to our core values of integrity, professionalism, pride in service, and respect, and we are committed to putting people first and doing what is best for the community. The department has held Best Practices Accreditation from the Texas Police Chiefs' Association since 2009.
What Victoria does
Victoria Police states its mission is to reduce crime and the fear of crime through outstanding police services in partnership with the community, with the goal of a safe city.
Shifts at Victoria
Patrol Officers work in permanent zones and work 12 hour rotating shifts. This allows the officers and the citizens to work together to prevent and solve problems.
The agency publishes the shift length but not a named cycle. These are the 12-hour rotations departments most often build on it: Pitman, 4 on, 4 off, DuPont, Panama, 3-4-4-3.
A rotating twelve worked in a permanent zone is a fixed patch on a moving clock. BlueShifts holds the rotation so you can see which weeks you are on days and which on nights.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $60,000 annual minimum. Current official City Police Employment material separately lists Police Officer Trainee at $51,000 annually and Police Officer at $60,000-$75,353 annually. — open the source document
Current 2026 Police Employment page. $60,000 annual minimum. Current official City Police Employment material separately lists Police Officer Trainee at $51,000 annually and Police Officer at $60,000-$75,353 annually. The $60,000 Police Officer minimum is therefore retained as the qualifying sworn post-training Class: Police Officer, bottom of range | Post-academy: yes, Police Officer Trainee is priced separately at $51,000.
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 Victoria 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. Victoria starts at $60,000, so $8,140 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Victoria Police Department officer make?
Victoria Police Department starts a new officer on $60,000 a year, about $28.85 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 $60,000 annual minimum. Current official City Police Employment material separately lists Police Officer Trainee at $51,000 annually and Police Officer at $60,000-$75,353 annually..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #120 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 31 pay less, 119 pay more in the state — and #1,579 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,685 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,140 below.
What shifts do Victoria Police Department officers work?
Patrol Officers work in permanent zones and work 12 hour rotating shifts. This allows the officers and the citizens to work together to prevent and solve problems. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Victoria 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Victoria | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$31,106 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$30,750 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$30,729 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$30,000 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$27,048 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$26,268 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$24,968 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$24,448 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$24,440 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$24,082 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$24,049 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$23,992 | #374 |
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