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Police pay in New Jersey
Entry pay in New Jersey runs from $45,275 to $74,153 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 New Jersey agency starts officers on $54,500, below the national middle of $66,706 — 45th of the 50 states we can rank.
How New Jersey 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 NJ agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $54,500 | $66,706 | −18% |
| City departments | $54,500 | $68,140 | −20% |
| State agencies | $63,268 | $65,400 | −3% |
The best-paid agency in New Jersey starts officers on 1.6 times what the lowest-paid one does — $74,153 against $45,275. Overall, New Jersey ranks 45th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal19 agencies
Lowest$45,275
Middle$54,500
Highest$64,236
Across 19 city departments in New Jersey.
Sheriff1 agency
Monmouth County Sheriff's Office$50,000
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
State6 agencies
Lowest$50,604
Middle$63,268
Highest$74,153
Across 6 state agencies in New Jersey.
Special jurisdiction1 agency
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department$49,818
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
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Every New Jersey agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states New Jersey borders.
Also for New Jersey: What New Jersey 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 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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