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Police pay in Maryland
Entry pay in Maryland runs from $50,003 to $75,256 a year. Verified at 28 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 Maryland agency starts officers on $68,673, above the national middle of $68,390 — 18th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Maryland 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 MD agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $68,673 | $68,390 | +0% |
| City departments | $67,517 | $71,302 | −5% |
| Sheriff's offices | $65,969 | $65,374 | +1% |
| State agencies | $71,258 | $65,166 | +9% |
The best-paid agency in Maryland starts officers on 1.5 times what the lowest-paid one does — $75,256 against $50,003. Overall, Maryland ranks 18th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal12 agencies
Lowest$50,003
Middle$67,517
Highest$75,256
Across 12 city departments in Maryland.
Sheriff10 agencies
Lowest$57,928
Middle$65,969
Highest$71,011
Across 10 sheriff's offices in Maryland.
State4 agencies
Lowest$68,673
Middle$71,258
Highest$72,829
Across 4 state agencies in Maryland.
Special jurisdiction2 agencies
Metro Transit Police Department (WMATA)$74,505
Amtrak Police Department$70,429
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Maryland agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Maryland borders.
Also for Maryland: What Maryland 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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