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Special jurisdiction police salary
What a brand-new officer earns on day one. The sworn agencies that answer to a campus, a school district, a transit system, an airport, a hospital, a park or a precinct rather than to a city, a county or a state — ranked by what each starts an officer on. Base pay only: no overtime, no shift differential, no specialty or education pay. Every figure comes from an official source.
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.
71agencies verifiedacross 22 states and DC
Starting salary a year, base pay only. Every figure comes from an official source.
3,575sworn officersFBI-reported, 40 agencies
Active is the number of sworn officers an agency reported to the FBI for 2025. Authorized is the establishment its own staffing document funds. Where both are known, the badge shows active first.
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- 1BART Police Department#$107,954a year to start214sworn active2025
/206sworn authorized - 2San José State University Police Department#$99,048a year to start32sworn authorized
- 3California State University, Northridge Department of Police Services#$96,828a year to start
- 4California Polytechnic State University Police Department#$96,828a year to start21sworn active2025
- 5Port of Los Angeles Police#$92,185a year to start
- 6Fairbanks International Airport Police and Fire Department#$87,381a year to start
- 7Los Angeles World Airports — Los Angeles Airport Police#$87,257a year to start
- 8Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Police Department#$87,256a year to start96sworn active2025
- 9Metro Transit Police Department#$84,656a year to start
- 10Minneapolis Park Police Department#$83,658a year to start35sworn authorized2026
- 11California State University, Fresno Police Department#$80,580a year to start23sworn active2025
- 12Harris County Constable Precinct 8#$78,452a year to start
- 13MSD Wayne Township School Police Department#$77,700a year to start
- 14California State University, Chico Police Department#$77,016a year to start19sworn active2025
- 15California State University, East Bay Police Department#$77,016a year to start12sworn active2025
- 16Tufts University Police Department#$75,962a year to start52sworn active2025
- 17University of Delaware Police Department#$74,679a year to start48sworn active2025
- 18Metro Transit Police Department (WMATA)#$74,505a year to start376sworn active2025
- 19UT Southwestern Medical Center Police Department#$74,160a year to start48sworn authorized
- 20Purdue University Police Department#$72,137a year to start
- 21Amtrak Police Department#$70,429a year to start
- 22University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department#$70,042a year to start30sworn active2025
- 23Dallas Independent School District Police Department#$70,000a year to start
- 24University of Texas at Austin Police Department#$68,626a year to start100sworn authorized
- 25Florida Atlantic University Police Department#$68,000a year to start70sworn active2025
- 26University of Florida Police Department#$65,929a year to start66sworn active2025
- 27Grand Valley State University Police Department#$65,000a year to start21sworn active2025
- 28Appalachian State University Police Department#$64,084a year to start36sworn active2025
- 29Auraria Campus Police Department#$63,396a year to start
- 30University of Northern Colorado Police Department#$63,396a year to start14sworn active2025
- 31University of Kentucky Police Department#$63,200a year to start76sworn active2025
/64sworn authorized - 32Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Police Department#$63,000a year to start
- 33University of Texas at Arlington Police Department#$63,000a year to start
- 34Florida International University Police Department#$62,500a year to start66sworn active2025
- 35Fort Lewis College Campus Police Department#$62,433a year to start
- 36University of North Florida Police Department#$60,204a year to start32sworn active2025
- 37Duke University Police Department#$60,195a year to start57sworn active2025
- 38University of Kansas Police Department#$60,180a year to start28sworn active2025
- 39University of Missouri Police Department#$60,008a year to start41sworn active2025
/50sworn authorized - 40Florida State University Police Department#$60,000a year to start74sworn active2025
- 41University of Central Florida Police Department#$59,779a year to start81sworn active2025
- 42Conroe Independent School District Police Department#$58,715a year to start
- 43Tyler Junior College Police Department#$58,500a year to start9sworn active2025
- 44University of South Florida Police Department#$58,000a year to start69sworn authorized
- 45Indianapolis Public Schools Police Department#$57,884a year to start
- 46Youngstown State University Police Department#$57,616a year to start
- 47University of South Carolina Police Department#$56,696a year to start6sworn active2025
- 48Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department#$55,000a year to start
- 49Western Carolina University Police Department#$54,610a year to start25sworn active2025
- 50Saint Xavier University Police Department#$52,686a year to start
- 51McLennan Community College Police Department#$50,981a year to start10sworn active2025
- 52University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department#$49,920a year to start
- 53Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department#$49,818a year to start1,736sworn active2025
- 54University of Central Missouri Police Department#$49,608a year to start13sworn active2025
- 55Wichita State University Police Department#$49,254a year to start28sworn active2025
- 56East Carolina University Police Department#$49,000a year to start51sworn active2025
- 57Nacogdoches County Constable Precinct 1#$46,796a year to start
- 58Alvin College Police Department#$45,011a year to start
- 59Alabama State University Police Department#$45,000a year to start15sworn active2025
- 60Tulsa Community College Police Department#$44,886a year to start28sworn active2025
- 61Kansas State University Police Department#$42,494a year to start
- 62H. Councill Trenholm State Community College Police Department#$39,759a year to start
- 63Southern Union State Community College Police Department#$39,654a year to start6sworn active2025
- 64LSU Health New Orleans University Police#$38,646a year to start
- 65Northwestern State University Police Department#$38,646a year to start17sworn active2025
- 66Southern University and A&M College Police Department#$38,646a year to start17sworn active2025
- 67Grambling State University Police Department#$38,646a year to start14sworn active2025
- 68University of Louisiana Monroe Police Department#$35,006a year to start18sworn active2025
/18sworn authorized - 69LSU Health Shreveport University Police Department#$35,006a year to start
- 70University of North Alabama Police Department#$33,049a year to start15sworn authorized
- 71Northwest Missouri State University Police Department#$31,200a year to start10sworn active2025
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Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 26 September 2026. Every figure comes from an official source — the employer's own published pay information. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded — this is base salary only, 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. Pay is not comparable between places without cost of living: $55,000 in Honolulu and $55,000 in rural Virginia are not the same offer. More agencies are added as each one is verified, so an agency missing here has not been checked yet rather than found to pay less.
Common questions
How much do police officers make?
On this list of verified agencies, entry pay runs from $31,200 to $107,954 a year, with a median of $60,204. That is base salary only — overtime, court time, shift differentials and off-duty work are excluded, so most officers earn more than the figure shown.
Which state pays the most?
Of the 5 states where we have verified five or more agencies, CA has the highest median at $92,185, and LA the lowest at $38,646 — a gap of $53,539 a year for recognisably the same job.
Which agency pays the most to start?
BART Police Department in CA at $107,954. The lowest on this list is Northwest Missouri State University Police Department at $31,200.
Where do these figures come from?
Every one comes from the employer's own published source — a class specification, a civil service posting or an agency careers page — not from a salary estimate site. Each row links to the document it came from.
Is this every agency in the country?
No. These are the highest-paying agencies we have verified, 71 of them so far, not a random sample. An agency missing here has not been checked yet rather than found to pay less, and the medians on this page therefore sit above a true national average.
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