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Police pay in Puerto Rico
Entry pay in Puerto Rico runs from $24,000 to $43,354 a year. Verified at 5 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 Puerto Rico agency starts officers on $28,236, below the national middle of $68,390.
Coverage in Puerto Rico is still thin. We publish 5 verified agencies here so far and we are adding more. Every figure comes from the employer's own document — we would rather show 5 we can prove than fifty we cannot.
How Puerto Rico 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 PR agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $28,236 | $68,390 | −59% |
The best-paid agency in Puerto Rico starts officers on 1.8 times what the lowest-paid one does — $43,354 against $24,000.
By level
Municipalnone
No city departments verified in Puerto Rico yet.
Sheriffnone
No sheriff's offices verified in Puerto Rico yet.
Statenone
No state agencies verified in Puerto Rico yet.
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Every Puerto Rico agency we have verified
| # | Agency | Level | Entry pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico Police Bureau | Territory | $43,354 |
| 2 | San Juan Municipal Police | Territory | $32,820 |
| 3 | Caguas Municipal Police | Territory | $28,236 |
| 4 | San Lorenzo Municipal Police | Territory | $25,200 |
| 5 | Coamo Municipal Police | Territory | $24,000 |
Also for Puerto Rico: What Puerto Rico 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 18 August 2026 and 19 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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