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Police pay in Vermont
Entry pay in Vermont runs from $52,103 to $84,160 a year. Verified at 16 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 Vermont agency starts officers on $64,668, below the national middle of $66,706 — 26th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Vermont 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 VT agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $64,668 | $66,706 | −3% |
| City departments | $64,668 | $68,140 | −5% |
The best-paid agency in Vermont starts officers on 1.6 times what the lowest-paid one does — $84,160 against $52,103. Overall, Vermont ranks 26th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal14 agencies
Lowest$52,103
Middle$64,668
Highest$81,653
Across 14 city departments in Vermont.
Sheriffnone
No sheriff's offices verified in Vermont yet.
State2 agencies
Vermont State Police$84,160
Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife — Vermont Warden Service$58,344
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Vermont agency we have verified
| # | Agency | Level | Entry pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont State Police | State | $84,160 |
| 2 | Burlington Police Department | Municipal | $81,653 |
| 3 | Montpelier Police Department | Municipal | $80,870 |
| 4 | Williston Police Department | Municipal | $71,032 |
| 5 | Brandon Police Department | Municipal | $70,720 |
| 6 | Rutland City Police Department | Municipal | $67,600 |
| 7 | Colchester Police Department | Municipal | $66,560 |
| 8 | South Burlington Police Department | Municipal | $64,668 |
| 9 | Winooski Police Department | Municipal | $63,752 |
| 10 | Barre Town Police Department | Municipal | $61,194 |
| 11 | Stowe Police Department | Municipal | $60,070 |
| 12 | Shelburne Police Department | Municipal | $59,613 |
| 13 | Barre City Police Department | Municipal | $58,531 |
| 14 | Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife — Vermont Warden Service | State | $58,344 |
| 15 | St. Albans Police Department | Municipal | $54,288 |
| 16 | Brattleboro Police Department | Municipal | $52,103 |
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Vermont borders.
Also: Every agency we have verified The statistics Municipal departments Sheriff's offices
Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 25 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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