Police Lieutenant

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 7,910 people — is $80,120. Public Safety, Department Of pays a median base salary of $90,061 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 65th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Public Safety, Department Of is $90,061, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Police Lieutenant is held in 3 Georgia departments. In Public Safety, Department Of, the median of $90,061 ranks #1 of 3.

This role is reported in 22 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $84,705 ranks #19 of 22. See Police Lieutenant across all of Georgia →

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