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Police pay in Oregon
Entry pay in Oregon runs from $51,912 to $86,596 a year. Verified at 54 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 Oregon agency starts officers on $75,144, above the national middle of $66,706 — 8th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Oregon 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 OR agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $75,144 | $66,706 | +13% |
| City departments | $78,870 | $68,140 | +16% |
| Sheriff's offices | $70,452 | $63,565 | +11% |
The best-paid agency in Oregon starts officers on 1.4 times what the lowest-paid one does — $70,429 against $51,912. Overall, Oregon ranks 8th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal28 agencies
Lowest$55,770
Middle$78,870
Highest$86,596
Across 28 city departments in Oregon.
Sheriff23 agencies
Lowest$56,846
Middle$70,452
Highest$85,738
Across 23 sheriff's offices in Oregon.
State2 agencies
Oregon State Police$77,064
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department — Commissioned Park Rangers$51,912
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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 Oregon agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Oregon borders.
Also for Oregon: What Oregon 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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