Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 207 people
How much does a police sergeant make in Massachusetts?
$226,080typical pay for a police sergeant in 2025
$187,880 – $282,867what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 5.5% from 2024.
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- City of Boston · boston.gov ↗
- City of Worcester HR · worcesterma.gov ↗
- Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · macomptroller.org ↗
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Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid police sergeants, 2025
Common questions
How much does a police sergeant make in Massachusetts?
The typical police sergeant was paid $226,080 in 2025; most earned between $187,880 and $282,867. This counts all 207 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 18.4% of all pay for police sergeants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Police Sergeant, at any level (for example "Police Sergeant"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this