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Pay by role
$67,000/yr – $67,000/yr
Cadet / recruit pay
Regular-academy annual rate published by APD.
Austin Police pay and benefits$78,627/yr – $143,578/yr
Experienced / top pay
Graduation through top-step base pay.
Austin Police pay and benefitsBase pay only unless noted. Rank, certification, assignment, contract, and overtime can change actual compensation.
Benefits
- Bilingual Pay or ASL $2400/year*
- Field Training Officer (FTO) Pay $4507/year*
- Education Incentive Pay
- Associate's degree or 60 hours college credit $1200/year*
- Bachelor's degree $2640/year*
- Master's degree $3600/year*
- Certificate Pay $1800/year* for TCOLE Master Peace Officer Certificate
- Shift Differential for evening or night shifts $3600 - $4200/year*
- Longevity Pay $107 per year of service
- up to a maximum of 25 years
- Court Overtime - paid in 12 monthly installments
- Medical (BlueCross BlueShield)
- Vision
- Dental
- Life insurance
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- FLEXTRA Health Care
- FLEXTRA Dependent Care
- Group Legal Plan
- Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Childcare Programs
- Commuter Program
- Retirement (mandatory)
- Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $3000 per year
- Deferred Compensation
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