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Woodbridge Township 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.
Woodbridge Township Police Department starts at $46,189 a year — about $22.21 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $22,201 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $25,075 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in New Jersey run about 9% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $42,451 somewhere at average prices — $3,738 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 134 against a national average of 100, where goods are 107. 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.
How big the department isWoodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 sworn officers and 67 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 106,592.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.
About Woodbridge Township
Woodbridge Township Police Department is the municipal police force of Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, a Civil Service jurisdiction that trains its own recruits through a Police Training Commission approved academy.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 18 August 2026. Woodbridge Township — Police Department Recruitment page — open the source document
The Township's own recruitment page states that the starting salary for officers with NO PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE is $46,189.00 a year - the rare case of an employer naming the inexperienced entrant explicitly, which is exactly the class this site measures. Woodbridge is a New Jersey Civil Service jurisdiction, and the page is clear that anyone selected who has not completed a Police Training Commission approved academy will be sent to one. A separate and higher route exists for candidates who already hold PTC certification and have completed the Basic Course for Police Officers; that is a lateral entry and its rate is not the figure recorded here. The page is undated.
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 Woodbridge Township 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. Woodbridge Township starts at $46,189, so $25,098 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Woodbridge Township Police Department officer make?
Woodbridge Township Police Department starts a new officer on $46,189 a year, about $22.21 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 Woodbridge Township — Police Department Recruitment page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in New Jersey?
It ranks #15 of 15 agencies we have verified in New Jersey — 0 pay less, 14 pay more in the state — and #1,614 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $22,201 below, and against other municipal agencies $25,075 below.
Compare with another department
Put Woodbridge Township 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 NJ
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Woodbridge | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Fish & Wildlife Conservation Police | State | — | $74,153 | +$27,964 | #588 |
| 2 | New Jersey State Police | State | 3,351 | $64,956 | +$18,767 | #1,028 |
| 3 | Galloway Township Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $64,236 | +$18,047 | #1,054 |
| 4 | New Jersey State Parole Board | State | — | $63,268 | +$17,079 | #1,099 |
| 5 | North Plainfield Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $59,036 | +$12,847 | #1,282 |
| 6 | Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department | Municipal | 16 | $58,000 | +$11,811 | #1,322 |
| 7 | Toms River Township Police Department | Municipal | 145 | $56,792 | +$10,603 | #1,374 |
| 8 | South Brunswick Police Department | Municipal | — | $55,165 | +$8,976 | #1,421 |
| 9 | New Jersey Department of Corrections — Correctional Police | State | — | $55,081 | +$8,892 | #1,426 |
| 10 | Atlantic City Police Department | Municipal | 295 | $54,500 | +$8,311 | #1,453 |
| 11 | Atlantic Highlands Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $52,975 | +$6,786 | #1,500 |
| 12 | New Jersey State Park Police | State | 81 | $50,604 | +$4,415 | #1,546 |
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