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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.
69agencies verifiedacross 20 states and DC
Starting salary a year, base pay only. Every figure comes from an official source.
1,463sworn officersFBI-reported, 38 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
- 6Los Angeles World Airports — Los Angeles Airport Police#$87,257a year to start
- 7Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Police Department#$87,256a year to start96sworn active2025
- 8Metro Transit Police Department#$84,656a year to start
- 9Minneapolis Park Police Department#$83,658a year to start35sworn authorized2026
- 10California State University, Fresno Police Department#$80,580a year to start23sworn active2025
- 11Harris County Constable Precinct 8#$78,452a year to start
- 12MSD Wayne Township School Police Department#$77,700a year to start
- 13California State University, Chico Police Department#$77,016a year to start19sworn active2025
- 14California State University, East Bay Police Department#$77,016a year to start12sworn active2025
- 15Tufts University Police Department#$75,962a year to start52sworn active2025
- 16University of Delaware Police Department#$74,679a year to start48sworn active2025
- 17Metro Transit Police Department (WMATA)#$74,505a year to start
- 18UT Southwestern Medical Center Police Department#$74,160a year to start48sworn authorized
- 19Purdue University Police Department#$72,137a year to start
- 20Amtrak Police Department#$70,429a year to start
- 21University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department#$70,042a year to start30sworn active2025
- 22Dallas Independent School District Police Department#$70,000a year to start
- 23University of Texas at Austin Police Department#$68,626a year to start100sworn authorized
- 24Florida Atlantic University Police Department#$68,000a year to start70sworn active2025
- 25University of Florida Police Department#$65,929a year to start66sworn active2025
- 26Grand Valley State University Police Department#$65,000a year to start21sworn active2025
- 27Appalachian State University Police Department#$64,084a year to start36sworn active2025
- 28Auraria Campus Police Department#$63,396a year to start
- 29University of Northern Colorado Police Department#$63,396a year to start14sworn active2025
- 30Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Police Department#$63,000a year to start
- 31University of Texas at Arlington Police Department#$63,000a year to start
- 32Florida International University Police Department#$62,500a year to start66sworn active2025
- 33Fort Lewis College Campus Police Department#$62,433a year to start
- 34University of North Florida Police Department#$60,204a year to start32sworn active2025
- 35Duke University Police Department#$60,195a year to start57sworn active2025
- 36University of Kansas Police Department#$60,180a year to start28sworn active2025
- 37University of Missouri Police Department#$60,008a year to start41sworn active2025
/50sworn authorized - 38Florida State University Police Department#$60,000a year to start74sworn active2025
- 39University of Central Florida Police Department#$59,779a year to start81sworn active2025
- 40Conroe Independent School District Police Department#$58,715a year to start
- 41Tyler Junior College Police Department#$58,500a year to start9sworn active2025
- 42University of South Florida Police Department#$58,000a year to start69sworn authorized
- 43Indianapolis Public Schools Police Department#$57,884a year to start
- 44Youngstown State University Police Department#$57,616a year to start
- 45University of South Carolina Police Department#$56,696a year to start6sworn active2025
- 46Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department#$55,000a year to start
- 47Western Carolina University Police Department#$54,610a year to start25sworn active2025
- 48Saint Xavier University Police Department#$52,686a year to start
- 49McLennan Community College Police Department#$50,981a year to start10sworn active2025
- 50University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department#$49,920a year to start
- 51University of Central Missouri Police Department#$49,608a year to start13sworn active2025
- 52Wichita State University Police Department#$49,254a year to start28sworn active2025
- 53East Carolina University Police Department#$49,000a year to start51sworn active2025
- 54University of Kentucky Police Department#$47,278a year to start76sworn active2025
/64sworn authorized - 55Nacogdoches County Constable Precinct 1#$46,796a year to start
- 56Alvin College Police Department#$45,011a year to start
- 57Alabama State University Police Department#$45,000a year to start15sworn active2025
- 58Tulsa Community College Police Department#$44,886a year to start28sworn active2025
- 59Kansas State University Police Department#$42,494a year to start
- 60H. Councill Trenholm State Community College Police Department#$39,759a year to start
- 61Southern Union State Community College Police Department#$39,654a year to start6sworn active2025
- 62LSU Health New Orleans University Police#$38,646a year to start
- 63Northwestern State University Police Department#$38,646a year to start17sworn active2025
- 64Southern University and A&M College Police Department#$38,646a year to start17sworn active2025
- 65Grambling State University Police Department#$38,646a year to start14sworn active2025
- 66University of Louisiana Monroe Police Department#$35,006a year to start18sworn active2025
/18sworn authorized - 67LSU Health Shreveport University Police Department#$35,006a year to start
- 68University of North Alabama Police Department#$33,049a year to start15sworn authorized
- 69Northwest Missouri State University Police Department#$31,200a year to start10sworn active2025
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Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 23 August 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 $60,195. 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, 69 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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