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Police pay in Arizona
Entry pay in Arizona runs from $56,701 to $81,474 a year. Verified at 36 agencies, each figure taken from that employer's own published document and dated on its page.
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.
The middle Arizona agency starts officers on $67,496, above the national middle of $66,706 — 18th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Arizona compares
Every figure below is a starting salary — what an agency pays an officer in their first year, before overtime. Each one is the middle agency of its group: half pay more, half pay less.
| Agencies compared | Middle AZ agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $67,496 | $66,706 | +1% |
| City departments | $71,074 | $68,140 | +4% |
| Sheriff's offices | $65,083 | $63,565 | +2% |
The best-paid agency in Arizona starts officers on 1.4 times what the lowest-paid one does — $81,474 against $56,701. Overall, Arizona ranks 18th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal29 agencies
Lowest$60,008
Middle$71,074
Highest$81,474
Across 29 city departments in Arizona.
Sheriff5 agencies
Lowest$60,000
Middle$65,083
Highest$67,496
Across 5 sheriff's offices in Arizona.
State2 agencies
Arizona Department of Public Safety — Highway Patrol Division$65,400
Arizona Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Wildlife Managers$56,701
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Arizona agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Arizona borders.
Also for Arizona: What Arizona agencies say about off-duty work Taken from each agency's own published policy.
Also: Every agency we have verified The statistics Municipal departments Sheriff's offices
Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 21 September 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 the figure shown. Where an agency publishes both an academy rate and a post-academy rate, the post-academy rate is used. A missing agency has not been checked, not found to pay less.
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