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Police pay in Missouri
Entry pay in Missouri runs from $31,200 to $71,329 a year. Verified at 27 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 Missouri agency starts officers on $60,486, below the national middle of $68,390 — 34th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Missouri 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 MO agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $60,486 | $68,390 | −12% |
| City departments | $60,611 | $71,302 | −15% |
| Sheriff's offices | $63,003 | $65,374 | −4% |
The best-paid agency in Missouri starts officers on 2.3 times what the lowest-paid one does — $71,329 against $31,200. Overall, Missouri ranks 34th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal20 agencies
Lowest$41,617
Middle$60,611
Highest$71,329
Across 20 city departments in Missouri.
Sheriff3 agencies
Lowest$60,486
Middle$63,003
Highest$66,060
Across 3 sheriff's offices in Missouri.
State1 agency
Missouri State Highway Patrol$65,400
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
Special jurisdiction3 agencies
Lowest$31,200
Middle$49,608
Highest$60,008
Across 3 special jurisdiction agencies in Missouri.
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Every Missouri agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Missouri borders.
Also for Missouri: What Missouri 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 15 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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