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Police pay in Delaware
Entry pay in Delaware runs from $38,863 to $91,265 a year. Verified at 15 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 Delaware agency starts officers on $70,000, above the national middle of $68,390 — 13th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Delaware 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 DE agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $70,000 | $68,390 | +2% |
| City departments | $68,788 | $71,302 | −4% |
| State agencies | $53,807 | $65,166 | −17% |
The best-paid agency in Delaware starts officers on 2.3 times what the lowest-paid one does — $91,265 against $38,863. Overall, Delaware ranks 13th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal9 agencies
Lowest$57,500
Middle$68,788
Highest$75,338
Across 9 city departments in Delaware.
Sheriff1 agency
New Castle County Police$74,453
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
State3 agencies
Lowest$38,863
Middle$53,807
Highest$91,265
Across 3 state agencies in Delaware.
Special jurisdiction2 agencies
University of Delaware Police Department$74,679
Amtrak Police Department$70,429
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Delaware agency we have verified
| # | Agency | Level | Entry pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware State Police | State | $91,265 |
| 2 | New Castle City Police Department | Municipal | $75,338 |
| 3 | University of Delaware Police Department | Special jurisdiction | $74,679 |
| 4 | Middletown Police Department | Municipal | $74,550 |
| 5 | New Castle County Police | County | $74,453 |
| 6 | Dover Police Department | Municipal | $72,000 |
| 7 | Amtrak Police Department | Special jurisdiction | $70,613Philadelphia |
| 8 | Newark Police Department | Municipal | $70,000 |
| 9 | Selbyville Police Department | Municipal | $68,788 |
| 10 | Seaford Police Department | Municipal | $68,474 |
| 11 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | $67,971 |
| 12 | Wilmington Police Department | Municipal | $67,600 |
| 13 | Cheswold Police Department | Municipal | $57,500 |
| 14 | Delaware Capitol Police | State | $53,807 |
| 15 | Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control — Natural Resources Police | State | $38,863 |
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Delaware borders.
Also for Delaware: What Delaware 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 15 August 2026 and 20 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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