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Police pay in Michigan
Entry pay in Michigan runs from $49,920 to $78,224 a year. Verified at 39 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 Michigan agency starts officers on $62,385, below the national middle of $68,390 — 32nd of the 50 states we can rank.
How Michigan 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 MI agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $62,385 | $68,390 | −9% |
| City departments | $62,618 | $71,302 | −12% |
| Sheriff's offices | $59,067 | $65,374 | −10% |
The best-paid agency in Michigan starts officers on 1.6 times what the lowest-paid one does — $78,224 against $49,920. Overall, Michigan ranks 32nd of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal30 agencies
Lowest$49,920
Middle$62,618
Highest$78,224
Across 30 city departments in Michigan.
Sheriff5 agencies
Lowest$50,232
Middle$59,067
Highest$71,098
Across 5 sheriff's offices in Michigan.
State2 agencies
Michigan State Police$61,901
Michigan Department of Natural Resources$54,267
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
Special jurisdiction2 agencies
Amtrak Police Department$70,429
Grand Valley State University Police Department$65,000
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Michigan agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Michigan borders.
Also for Michigan: What Michigan 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 20 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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