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Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 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.
Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement starts at $66,900 a year — about $32.16 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $215 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $1,734 above the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Washington run about 7% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $62,516 somewhere at average prices — $4,384 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 126 against a national average of 100, where goods are 104. 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.
What Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement says about itself
The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau (CVEB) was created to oversee the Commercial Vehicle Division (CVD) and the new Motor Carrier Safety Division (MCSD). The two divisions promote safe travel of all commercial vehicles on state highways. MCSD's main focus became compliance reviews, the New Entrant Program, managing the five ports of entry in the state, oversight of CVEO training, CVD troopers, and the School Bus Inspection Program. CVEB's main focus became promoting safe travel of commercial vehicles on state highways through education and enforcement.
What Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement does
Washington State Patrol Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers are limited-commission law-enforcement officers performing commercial-motor-vehicle safety and regulatory enforcement. They inspect commercial vehicles and drivers, enforce applicable state and federal commercial-vehicle requirements and exercise the enforcement authority assigned to their commission.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Washington Office of Financial Management — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer 1 — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 July 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 Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 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. Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement starts at $66,900, so $1,734 above the state middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officer make?
Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement starts a new officer on $66,900 a year, about $32.16 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 Washington Office of Financial Management — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer 1.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Washington?
It ranks #84 of 92 agencies we have verified in Washington — 8 pay less, 83 pay more in the state — and #1,127 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $215 above, and against other state agencies $1,734 above.
Compare with another department
Put Washington State Patrol — Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 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 WA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Washington | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Police Department | Municipal | 1,064 | $117,792 | +$50,892 | #38 |
| 2 | Redmond Police Department | Municipal | 81 | $110,435 | +$43,535 | #59 |
| 3 | Auburn Police Department | Municipal | 120 | $108,386 | +$41,486 | #68 |
| 4 | Lynnwood Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $106,371 | +$39,471 | #81 |
| 5 | Everett Police Department | Municipal | 207 | $102,516 | +$35,616 | #106 |
| 6 | Vancouver Police Department | Municipal | 226 | $101,832 | +$34,932 | #110 |
| 7 | Kirkland Police Department | Municipal | 108 | $101,218 | +$34,318 | #118 |
| 8 | Tukwila Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $101,064 | +$34,164 | #120 |
| 9 | Bothell Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $101,055 | +$34,155 | #121 |
| 10 | Mount Vernon Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $100,836 | +$33,936 | #125 |
| 11 | Kennewick Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $100,104 | +$33,204 | #128 |
| 12 | Edmonds Police Department | Municipal | 48 | $99,168 | +$32,268 | #140 |
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