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Police pay is negotiated by the police Staff Associations and is reviewed on an annual basis with police pay scales and police officer salaries being set for that year.
The salaries listed below came into effect on 1 December 2007.
It should be noted that overall police pay and police salaries are affected by ‘regional’ and ‘competence’ police pay allowances.
The salaries listed below came into effect on 1 December 2007.
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Constables' Police Pay
| On commencing service |
£21,534 |
| On completion of initial training |
£24,039 |
| 2 |
£25,434 (*) |
| 3 |
£26,988 |
| 4 |
£27,838 |
| 5 |
£28,731 |
| 6 |
£29,550 |
| 7 |
£30,282 |
| 8 |
£31,251 |
| 9 |
£33,141 |
| 10 |
£33,810 (**) |
(*) All officers attain this salary point on completion of two years' service as a police constable.
(**) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment of £1,095 a year.
Sergeants' Police Pay
| 0 |
£33,810 (*) |
| 1 |
£34,968 (**) |
| 2 |
£36,141 |
| 3 |
£36,915 |
| 4 |
£37,998 (***) |
(*)Entry point for officers promoted from constables' pay point nine or lower.
(**) Entry point for officers promoted from constables' pay point 10.
(***) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment of £1,095 a year.
Inspectors' Police Pay
| 0 |
£43,320 (£45,222) |
| 1 |
£44,544 (£46,446) |
| 2 |
£45,765 (£47,673) |
| 3 |
£46,989 (*) (£48,903) (*) |
(*) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment of £1,095 a year.
(*) London Salaries
Chief Inspectors' Police Pay
| 1 |
£47,949 (*) (£49,863) (*) |
| 2 |
£48,915 (£50,820) |
| 3 |
£49,923 (**) (£51,831) (**) |
Note: The pay for Chief Inspectors in post at August 1994 are as follows:
Ouside London Rates - £50,742
Inside London Rate - £52,641
(*) Entry point for an officer appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police assigns the officer to the higher point.
(**) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment of £1,095 a year.
Superintendents' Police Pay
| 1 |
£56,274 |
| 2 |
£58,596 |
| 3 |
£60,915 |
| 4 |
£63,243 |
| 5 |
£65,565 |
Chief Superintendents' Police Pay
| 1 |
£67,200 |
| 2 |
£69,111 |
| 3 |
£71,031 |
Chiefs' Police Pay
| Forces |
Chief constables' salary |
Deputy chief constables' salary |
MPS four assistant commissioners West MidlandsGreater Manchester |
£163,908 |
£125,667 (Met, eight deputy assistant commissioners) |
| Strathclyde |
£161,178 |
£125,667 |
| West Yorkshire |
£152,982 |
£122,388 |
| Thames Valley |
£144,789 |
£119,451 |
| Merseyside Northumbria |
£142,056 |
£117,198 |
| Hampshire |
£139,323 |
£114,942 |
| Kent, Lancashire Devon and Cornwall |
£136,593 |
£112,686 |
| South Yorkshire Essex, Avon and Somerset, Sussex, South Wales |
£133,863 |
£110,436 |
| Nottinghamshire, Lothian and Borders |
£128,397 |
£105,924 |
| Hertfordshire, West Mercia, Cheshire, Humberside, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire |
£125,667 |
£103,674 |
| Surrey, Norfolk |
£122,934 |
£101,421 |
| Cleveland, Durham, Cambridgeshire, North Wales, North Yorkshire, Gwent, Grampian, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Dorset, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire |
£120,201 |
£99,168 |
| Gloucestershire Lincolnshire Cumbria Warwickshire Dyfed-Powys Tayside |
£117,468 |
£98,346 |
| Central Scotland Dumfries and Galloway Fife Northern |
£114,735 |
£98,346 |
Special Allowances
Special allowances and competence related payments
London weighting
officers based in the capital, London weighting was increased to £2,055 per annum as of 1 July 2006.
Dog handler’s allowance
The dog handler’s allowance was increased to £1,926 with effect from 1 September 2006.
Competence related threshold payment
The annual rate of this allowance was increased to £1,095 with effect from 1 September 2006.
Northern Ireland Transitional Allowance (was PSNI Allowance)
The annual rate of this allowance was increased to £2,817 with effect from 1 September 2006.
Police Cadets 'Police Pay
| Under 17 |
£6,777 |
| Aged 17 |
£7,194 |
| Aged 18 and over |
£8,001 |
More details of individual Police Pay can be found above. The information contained on police pay, police salaries and police pay scales is updated as soon as details of the annual police pay settlement is announced. |
