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Wickenburg 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.
Wickenburg Police Department starts at $63,170 a year — about $30.37 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,220 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,095 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isWickenburg Police Department reported 27 sworn officers and 10 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 3.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 8,497.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 Wickenburg says about itself
The Wickenburg Police Department provides law enforcement and emergency response services to the Wickenburg community. The department employs highly-trained professionals who serve in a variety of certified officer and civilian capacities.
What Wickenburg does
Wickenburg Police Department serves a town of around 7,000 spread over 26 square miles in the high desert north-west of Phoenix, straddling the Maricopa and Yavapai county line, and regularly assists neighbouring agencies across the surrounding area. Officers are assigned to patrol alongside special assignments covering traffic, criminal investigation and canine handling; the department has maintained a K9 since 1996. Its Special Response Team for high-risk incidents is staffed jointly with the Wickenburg Fire Department and trains monthly. Since 2017 the town has been divided into eight neighbourhoods under a Community Liaison Program, each with two assigned officers whom residents can contact directly.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $30.37/hour Police Officer class minimum. Official Town Police Officer class specification publishes $30. — open the source document
Class established September 1, 2022; revision July 1, 2024; current official class page checked August 13, 2026. $30.37/hour Police Officer class minimum. Official Town Police Officer class specification publishes $30.37-$42.52/hour and expressly allows first-time Police Officers who have graduated from an AZPOST-certified academy. The class minimum therefore qualifies; the current late
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 Wickenburg 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. Wickenburg starts at $63,170, so $8,117 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Wickenburg Police Department officer make?
Wickenburg Police Department starts a new officer on $63,170 a year, about $30.37 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 $30.37/hour Police Officer class minimum. Official Town Police Officer class specification publishes $30..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Arizona?
It ranks #21 of 26 agencies we have verified in Arizona — 5 pay less, 20 pay more in the state — and #1,102 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,220 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,095 below.
Compare with another department
Put Wickenburg 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 AZ
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Wickenburg | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodyear Police Department | Municipal | 174 | $77,147 | +$13,977 | #475 |
| 2 | Phoenix Police Department | Municipal | 2,490 | $75,847 | +$12,677 | #526 |
| 3 | Queen Creek Police Department | Municipal | 132 | $74,693 | +$11,523 | #569 |
| 4 | Chandler Police Department | Municipal | 348 | $74,610 | +$11,440 | #573 |
| 5 | Mesa Police Department | Municipal | 885 | $73,972 | +$10,802 | #596 |
| 6 | Casa Grande Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $72,860 | +$9,690 | #632 |
| 7 | El Mirage Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $71,573 | +$8,403 | #693 |
| 8 | Maricopa Police Department | Municipal | 89 | $71,074 | +$7,904 | #719 |
| 9 | Flagstaff Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $68,203 | +$5,034 | #850 |
| 10 | Navajo County Sheriff's Office | County | 59 | $67,496 | +$4,327 | #892 |
| 11 | Bullhead City Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $67,038 | +$3,869 | #914 |
| 12 | Show Low Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $66,581 | +$3,411 | #943 |
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