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Police pay in Mississippi
Entry pay in Mississippi runs from $45,000 to $65,564 a year. Verified at 12 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 Mississippi agency starts officers on $52,531, below the national middle of $66,706 — 47th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Mississippi 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 MS agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $52,531 | $66,706 | −21% |
| City departments | $52,531 | $68,140 | −23% |
| State agencies | $50,000 | $65,400 | −24% |
The best-paid agency in Mississippi starts officers on 1.5 times what the lowest-paid one does — $65,564 against $45,000. Overall, Mississippi ranks 47th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal6 agencies
Lowest$45,474
Middle$52,531
Highest$61,982
Across 6 city departments in Mississippi.
Sheriff1 agency
DeSoto County Sheriff's Office$65,564
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
State5 agencies
Lowest$45,000
Middle$50,000
Highest$54,000
Across 5 state agencies in Mississippi.
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Every Mississippi agency we have verified
| # | Agency | Level | Entry pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeSoto County Sheriff's Office | County | $65,564 |
| 2 | Southaven Police Department | Municipal | $61,982 |
| 3 | Hattiesburg Police Department | Municipal | $55,000 |
| 4 | Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol | State | $54,000 |
| 5 | Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics | State | $54,000 |
| 6 | Oxford Police Department | Municipal | $52,531 |
| 7 | Gulfport Police Department | Municipal | $51,241 |
| 8 | Mississippi Department of Revenue - Alcoholic Beverage Control Bureau of Enforcement | State | $50,000 |
| 9 | Biloxi Police Department | Municipal | $48,300 |
| 10 | Mississippi Capitol Police | State | $46,700 |
| 11 | Ocean Springs Police Department | Municipal | $45,474 |
| 12 | Mississippi Department of Marine Resources - Marine Patrol | State | $45,000 |
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Mississippi borders.
Also: Every agency we have verified The statistics Municipal departments Sheriff's offices
Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 25 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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