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Police pay in Minnesota
Entry pay in Minnesota runs from $57,782 to $101,733 a year. Verified at 100 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 Minnesota agency starts officers on $81,266, above the national middle of $68,390 — 4th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Minnesota 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 MN agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $81,266 | $68,390 | +19% |
| City departments | $86,258 | $71,302 | +21% |
| Sheriff's offices | $69,513 | $65,374 | +6% |
The best-paid agency in Minnesota starts officers on 1.8 times what the lowest-paid one does — $101,733 against $57,782. Overall, Minnesota ranks 4th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal60 agencies
Lowest$70,491
Middle$86,258
Highest$101,733
Across 60 city departments in Minnesota.
Sheriff35 agencies
Lowest$57,782
Middle$69,513
Highest$93,683
Across 35 sheriff's offices in Minnesota.
State2 agencies
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources — Enforcement Division$79,469
Minnesota State Patrol$76,835
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
Special jurisdiction3 agencies
Lowest$83,658
Middle$84,656
Highest$87,256
Across 3 special jurisdiction agencies in Minnesota.
Every Minnesota agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Minnesota borders.
Also for Minnesota: What Minnesota 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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