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Police pay in Connecticut
Entry pay in Connecticut runs from $53,684 to $87,483 a year. Verified at 11 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 Connecticut agency starts officers on $72,881, above the national middle of $68,390 — 9th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Connecticut 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 CT agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $72,881 | $68,390 | +7% |
| City departments | $72,881 | $71,302 | +2% |
The best-paid agency in Connecticut starts officers on 1.6 times what the lowest-paid one does — $87,483 against $53,684. Overall, Connecticut ranks 9th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal9 agencies
Lowest$67,464
Middle$72,881
Highest$87,483
Across 9 city departments in Connecticut.
Sheriffnone
No sheriff's offices verified in Connecticut yet.
State2 agencies
Connecticut State Police$75,367
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection — Environmental Conservation Police$53,684
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Connecticut agency we have verified
| # | Agency | Level | Entry pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Windsor Police Department | Municipal | $87,483 |
| 2 | Norwalk Police Department | Municipal | $82,116 |
| 3 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | $81,237 |
| 4 | Greenwich Police Department | Municipal | $78,704 |
| 5 | Connecticut State Police | State | $75,367 |
| 6 | Stamford Police Department | Municipal | $72,881 |
| 7 | Wallingford Police Department | Municipal | $71,448 |
| 8 | Danbury Police Department | Municipal | $68,499 |
| 9 | East Hartford Police Department | Municipal | $67,696 |
| 10 | Hartford Police Department | Municipal | $67,464 |
| 11 | Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection — Environmental Conservation Police | State | $53,684 |
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Connecticut borders.
Also: Every agency we have verified The statistics Municipal departments Sheriff's offices
Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 14 August 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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