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Police pay in New York
Entry pay in New York runs from $51,526 to $86,681 a year. Verified at 28 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 York agency starts officers on $63,812, below the national middle of $66,706 — 29th of the 50 states we can rank.
How New York 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 NY agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $63,812 | $66,706 | −4% |
| City departments | $61,808 | $68,140 | −9% |
| Sheriff's offices | $66,389 | $63,565 | +4% |
| State agencies | $67,796 | $65,400 | +4% |
The best-paid agency in New York starts officers on 1.7 times what the lowest-paid one does — $86,681 against $51,526. Overall, New York ranks 29th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal13 agencies
Lowest$51,526
Middle$61,808
Highest$70,229
Across 13 city departments in New York.
Sheriff7 agencies
Lowest$54,122
Middle$66,389
Highest$71,764
Across 7 sheriff's offices in New York.
State7 agencies
Lowest$53,764
Middle$67,796
Highest$86,681
Across 7 state agencies in New York.
Special jurisdiction1 agency
Amtrak Police Department$70,429
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
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Every New York agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states New York borders.
Also for New York: What New York 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 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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