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Police pay in Florida
Entry pay in Florida runs from $41,474 to $86,674 a year. Verified at 141 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 Florida agency starts officers on $62,767, below the national middle of $68,390 — 30th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Florida 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 FL agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $62,767 | $68,390 | −8% |
| City departments | $65,405 | $71,302 | −8% |
| Sheriff's offices | $61,158 | $65,374 | −6% |
The best-paid agency in Florida starts officers on 2.1 times what the lowest-paid one does — $86,674 against $41,474. Overall, Florida ranks 30th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal95 agencies
Lowest$41,474
Middle$65,405
Highest$86,674
Across 95 city departments in Florida.
Sheriff37 agencies
Lowest$49,000
Middle$61,158
Highest$75,457
Across 37 sheriff's offices in Florida.
State2 agencies
Florida Highway Patrol$60,000
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission$60,000
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
Special jurisdiction7 agencies
Lowest$58,000
Middle$60,204
Highest$68,000
Across 7 special jurisdiction agencies in Florida.
Every Florida agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Florida borders.
Also for Florida: What Florida 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 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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