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Police pay in Oklahoma
Entry pay in Oklahoma runs from $36,969 to $72,004 a year. Verified at 22 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 Oklahoma agency starts officers on $59,398, below the national middle of $66,706 — 39th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Oklahoma 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 OK agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $59,398 | $66,706 | −11% |
| City departments | $59,398 | $68,140 | −13% |
The best-paid agency in Oklahoma starts officers on 1.9 times what the lowest-paid one does — $72,004 against $36,969. Overall, Oklahoma ranks 39th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal18 agencies
Lowest$36,969
Middle$59,398
Highest$72,004
Across 18 city departments in Oklahoma.
Sheriff2 agencies
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office$60,000
Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office$51,858
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
State1 agency
Oklahoma Highway Patrol$67,900
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
Special jurisdiction1 agency
Tulsa Community College Police Department$44,886
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Oklahoma agency we have verified
| # | Agency | Level | Entry pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Arrow Police Department | Municipal | $72,004 |
| 2 | Moore Police Department | Municipal | $70,796 |
| 3 | Edmond Police Department | Municipal | $68,481 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | State | $67,900 |
| 5 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Municipal | $67,735 |
| 6 | Yukon Police Department | Municipal | $63,058 |
| 7 | Norman Police Department | Municipal | $61,000 |
| 8 | Tulsa Police Department | Municipal | $60,611 |
| 9 | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office | County | $60,000 |
| 10 | Stillwater Police Department | Municipal | $59,446 |
| 11 | Owasso Police Department | Municipal | $59,398 |
| 12 | Bartlesville Police Department | Municipal | $57,450 |
| 13 | Enid Police Department | Municipal | $56,243 |
| 14 | Lawton Police Department | Municipal | $56,118 |
| 15 | Muskogee Police Department | Municipal | $55,266 |
| 16 | Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office | County | $51,858 |
| 17 | Coweta Police Department | Municipal | $49,271 |
| 18 | Elk City Police Department | Municipal | $46,061 |
| 19 | Ardmore Police Department | Municipal | $45,178 |
| 20 | Tulsa Community College Police Department | Special jurisdiction | $44,886 |
| 21 | Bixby Police Department | Municipal | $42,750 |
| 22 | Del City Police Department | Municipal | $36,969 |
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Oklahoma borders.
Also for Oklahoma: What Oklahoma 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 26 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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