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Federal police salary
What a brand-new federal officer earns on day one. Federal law enforcement agencies ranked by what each starts an officer on. Base pay only — and that matters more here than anywhere else on this site, because federal officers can also draw locality pay and availability pay on top. None of that is in these figures. Every one comes from the agency's own official source.
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.
5agencies verified
Starting salary a year, base pay only. Every figure comes from an official source.
Active is the number of sworn officers an agency reported to the FBI for 2025. Authorized is the establishment its own staffing document funds. Where both are known, the badge shows active first.
Highest starting pay at each level
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- 1United States Capitol Police#$86,530a year to start
- 2Supreme Court of the United States Police#$83,362a year to start
- 3United States Secret Service — Uniformed Division#$73,502a year to start
- 4United States Park Police#$73,177a year to start
- 5Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon Police#$70,477a year to start
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Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 23 August 2026. Every figure comes from an official source — the employer's own published pay information. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded — this is base salary only, 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. Pay is not comparable between places without cost of living: $55,000 in Honolulu and $55,000 in rural Virginia are not the same offer. More agencies are added as each one is verified, so an agency missing here has not been checked yet rather than found to pay less.
Common questions
How much do police officers make?
On this list of verified agencies, entry pay runs from $70,477 to $86,530 a year, with a median of $73,502. That is base salary only — overtime, court time, shift differentials and off-duty work are excluded, so most officers earn more than the figure shown.
Which state pays the most?
Not enough states have five or more verified agencies.
Which agency pays the most to start?
United States Capitol Police in US at $86,530. The lowest on this list is Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Pentagon Police at $70,477.
Where do these figures come from?
Every one comes from the employer's own published source — a class specification, a civil service posting or an agency careers page — not from a salary estimate site. Each row links to the document it came from.
Is this every agency in the country?
No. These are the highest-paying agencies we have verified, 5 of them so far, not a random sample. An agency missing here has not been checked yet rather than found to pay less, and the medians on this page therefore sit above a true national average.
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