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Police pay in Maine
Entry pay in Maine runs from $58,406 to $77,896 a year. Verified at 21 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 Maine agency starts officers on $69,181, above the national middle of $66,706 — 13th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Maine 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 ME agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $69,181 | $66,706 | +4% |
| City departments | $69,306 | $68,140 | +2% |
| Sheriff's offices | $69,250 | $63,565 | +9% |
| State agencies | $59,654 | $65,400 | −9% |
The best-paid agency in Maine starts officers on 1.3 times what the lowest-paid one does — $77,896 against $58,406. Overall, Maine ranks 13th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal14 agencies
Lowest$61,838
Middle$69,306
Highest$77,896
Across 14 city departments in Maine.
Sheriff3 agencies
Lowest$63,294
Middle$69,250
Highest$70,629
Across 3 sheriff's offices in Maine.
State4 agencies
Lowest$58,406
Middle$59,654
Highest$65,166
Across 4 state agencies in Maine.
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Every Maine agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Maine borders.
Also for Maine: What Maine 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 26 September 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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