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Police pay in Georgia
Entry pay in Georgia runs from $45,450 to $71,686 a year. Verified at 25 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 Georgia agency starts officers on $57,919, below the national middle of $68,390 — 39th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Georgia 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 GA agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $57,919 | $68,390 | −15% |
| City departments | $57,898 | $71,302 | −19% |
| Sheriff's offices | $57,919 | $65,374 | −11% |
The best-paid agency in Georgia starts officers on 1.6 times what the lowest-paid one does — $71,686 against $45,450. Overall, Georgia ranks 39th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal17 agencies
Lowest$49,102
Middle$57,898
Highest$71,686
Across 17 city departments in Georgia.
Sheriff6 agencies
Lowest$45,450
Middle$57,919
Highest$60,000
Across 6 sheriff's offices in Georgia.
State2 agencies
Georgia Bureau of Investigation$64,977
Georgia State Patrol$63,684
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Georgia agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Georgia borders.
Also for Georgia: What Georgia 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 18 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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