Alabama departments starting pay?

[n2tschume]

I currently work for the Tuscaloosa Police Department. Add your departments starting salary to this thread...I am looking for a North Alabama department fairly close to Madison, but add any department in the State in order to benefit someone looking to join our brotherhood.

Approx starting salary
Tuscaloosa PD: $38,450 plus some bonus items
Tuscaloosa County SO: $35,000
Northport PD: $38,000
University of Alabama PD: $41,500
Huntsville PD: $35,800
Madison PD: $34,000
Gurley PD: $12,250

So what is your deparments starting pay?...

[jdapplin]

Here's some that I know of...

Jasper PD - $26,000
Walker County Sheriff - $20,800
Auburn PD - $36,724
Lee County Sheriff - $30,685
Hoover PD - $40,456
Shelby County Sheriff - $41,921 + 5, 10 or 15% Educational Incentives

Alabama State Trooper - Figures do not include Subsistence Pay
$34,387 Base
$35,256 Assoc. Degree
$37,051 B.A. or B.S. Degree

[jdapplin]

Here's some more...from department websites...

Anniston PD - $28,110
Gadsden PD - $26,208
Jefferson County Sheriff - $29,931
Montgomery County Sheriff - $36,186
Montgomery PD - $36,534
Pelham PD - $47,014 - Must be prior APOST
Alabaster PD - $38,422

[Woffski]

Gurley PD................. Who would work for them???? I sure would not!!!!:cool:

[towncop]

My GOD........how in the hell do some of you guys in Alabama live on those salaries???

[jdapplin]

My GOD........how in the hell do some of you guys in Alabama live on those salaries???

Part of it is a low cost of living, however most is simply low salaries. I know a lot of folks who work two jobs just to make ends meet...

[towncop]

Part of it is a low cost of living, however most is simply low salaries. I know a lot of folks who work two jobs just to make ends meet...
I'd say so. Wow.

[tm1618]

Athens starts at $27290 then there is an increase once you complete the academy to about $30,000 I think

[ABC144]

Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board typically starts at about 5% above your ending pay at your previous job.

Next test is July 19.

See www.personnel.state.al.us for details.

[n2tschume]

Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board typically starts at about 5% above your ending pay at your previous job.

Next test is July 19.

See www.personnel.state.al.us for details.

There is a 2 year min. LEO expeirence to apply with ABC and you have to be willing to live anywhere in AL, correct?

[ABC144]

Yes, 2 years minimum experience. It helps to be "willing" to live anywhere in the state. Although the Board seems to be pretty good about sending you home if there is an opening in that particular district. My class of 17 only had 5 or 6 that actually had to relocate. If you are interested in the job go ahead and take the test. The process takes from 4 to 6 months. Even if you don't get hired in the first round you can remain on the register. The rumors are that this year will be the last large ,12 to 15, group that will be hired for a while.

Yes, ROSchwoe, it is a good gig.

[DubyaB]

Here's some that I know of...

Jasper PD - $26,000
Walker County Sheriff - $20,800
Auburn PD - $36,724
Lee County Sheriff - $30,685
Hoover PD - $40,456
Shelby County Sheriff - $41,921 + 5, 10 or 15% Educational Incentives

Alabama State Trooper - Figures do not include Subsistence Pay
$34,387 Base
$35,256 Assoc. Degree
$37,051 B.A. or B.S. Degree

Helena PD: $39,400 (Currently hiring APOSTC Certified Officers)

[DubyaB]

My GOD........how in the hell do some of you guys in Alabama live on those salaries???


Alabama salaries are pretty proportionate, for the most part, to that in the rest of the country. Yes, the cost of living in AL is MUCH LOWER than in Indiana. You want low salaries, look at what the poor bastards on the FL gulf coast start at!! And the cost of living on the coast is in NO WAY proportionate to their salaries. DO I make what I am worth? Hell no! lol But who does!! But I am paid pretty well for the job I have to do. I have no complaints. I have never had to have to work a second job unless I want one for a little OT. Hell, didn't sign up to do this job to rake in the cheddar!!

[n2tschume]

Madison PD will pay upwards to $39,000-$40,000 to start, based on exp. Plus I believe there is a take home car up to 15 miles from City Hall.

[England]

Mobile PD has to be the worst paying department per capita. For a city the size of mobile you would expect more. But the starting pay without a degree is 26,000. With a degree you get 29,000.

[cpd169]

Columbiana P.D.

Prior APOST = $31,928.00
APOST Certified (after approval by city council)= $32,968.00
Post Probationary Period (after approval by city council)= $34,112.00

All salaries listed are based on a 40 hour work week and don't include a $2,028.00 work out incentive.

[bamacop]

Florence PD- $30,000-36,000.

[bamacop]

My GOD........how in the hell do some of you guys in Alabama live on those salaries???
As was posted above, the cost of living in most parts of Bama are not that high. I am a patrol Sergeant and with a little overtime I make around $44-45,000 a year. Yet I last year I built a 2,000 square foot home with a 2,000 square foot finished basement on my ten acres for around $150K. The ten acres I purchased six years ago for $10K. I have a friend who works for a metro PD in California, he makes twice what I do. He visited this year and wanted to know if I was on the take. Said a house like mine would go for over $600K where he lives.

[bamaman]

***First number is starting pay.

Jefferson County: $29,931- $46,301
Bessemer: $29,224 - $45,282
Birmingham: $35,609 - $47,652
Fairfield: $24,856 - $38,501
Fultondale: $27,144 - $42,037
Gardendale: $31,907 - $49,462
Homewood: $33,075 - $51,268
Hueytown: $30,094 - $47,341
Irondale: $28,912 - $44,803
Leeds: $25,833 - $40,019
Midfield: $27,310 - $42,328
Mountain Brook: $33,508 - $51,917
Pleasant Grove: $28,163 - $43,618
Tarrant: $28,454 - $44,075
Trussville: $33,446 - $51,834
Vestavia: $32,885 - $50,898
Warrior: $21,382- $33,134

[daemox]

man .... im not even a police officer... but those are really not good salaries... 12000 bucks from gurly? that is an insult.... that city should be ashamed of what it is paying its officers.....also... why don't police officers get paid military pay like all the armed services branches? all their pay is the same... why isn't police considered there? it would be better or at least comparable than most of those salaries... better if you consider on base housing, family separation, extra pay for being in a hostile area, and if you don't get on base housing, you get an allowance for that in your income... hueytown is 943 dollars per month... that pays for a nice rent or house note there.... california and new yorks housing allowances are way better than that.....like twice that. something to maybe bring up to congress or maybe to your union (if you have them)

[BamaDuck]

As former military, I agree that it would be nice, but you have to consider the sources of funding. Military=federal funding...BIG, FLEXIBLE budget. Civilian=local city/county/state funding...not so big or flexible budget. And the only real way to increase those numbers to increase taxes to pay for the increase in pay rates...something no one wants right now.

Prattville PD starts out at about $29,000 before academy...not sure for after or for degree, I'll post once I find out.

[tm1618]

I assume that Gurley PD being as small as they are is a part time job. They probably just have a few part time guys and are only approved for 12500 for each officer.