The 1 July 2026 salaries are the last increase written into the agreement, which operates to 30 June 2027. Any later rise depends on a replacement agreement; the parties are required to begin negotiating six months before expiry.
Officers in charge of stations (Schedule H positions) and sergeants on the grandfathered Category A, B and C scales are paid from separate rows of clause 10.1 that are higher than the base rows shown here.
WA police officer pay 2026 at a glance
Full-time base salaries from 1 July 2026. Tap a table name for every row, or a salary to see it after tax.
| Pay table | Rows | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constable, First Class Constable and Senior Constable | 13 | $94,651 | $124,558 |
| Sergeant (base rows) | 5 | $127,619 | $135,005 |
| Senior Sergeant (base rows) | 5 | $142,174 | $151,652 |
| Inspector | 4 | $173,361 | $185,897 |
Which agreement sets WA police officer pay
Police officers employed by WA Police Force are paid under the Western Australia Police Force Industrial Agreement 2024. The rates below apply from 1 July 2026 and were read from the source on 24 September 2026.
WA Police Force pay scale — every classification
Annual full-time base salary before tax and before superannuation. Part-time staff are paid pro rata.
Constable, First Class Constable and Senior Constable
Sworn constables to senior constables under clause 10.1, from 1 July 2026.
| Classification | Annual salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Constable 1st year of service | $94,651 | Constables move to the 3rd year increment on completing probation (clause 10.2(b)) |
| Constable 2nd year of service | $94,651 | |
| Constable 3rd year of service | $97,542 | |
| Constable 4th year of service | $99,900 | |
| Constable 5th year of service & thereafter | $102,263 | |
| First Class Constable Base Rate | $107,977 | |
| First Class Constable Increment I | $109,553 | |
| Senior Constable Base Rate | $115,722 | |
| Senior Constable Increment I | $117,298 | |
| Senior Constable Increment II | $119,091 | |
| Senior Constable Increment III | $120,886 | |
| Senior Constable Increment IV | $122,712 | |
| Senior Constable Increment V | $124,558 | Top of the constable ranks |
Sergeant (base rows)
Sergeants not in an officer-in-charge position, from 1 July 2026. Increments are reached after each two years of satisfactory service (clause 10.2(a)).
Senior Sergeant (base rows)
Senior sergeants not in an officer-in-charge position, from 1 July 2026.
Inspector
Commissioned officers at the rank of Inspector, from 1 July 2026. Commissioned officers' rates include an allowance for duty beyond 40 hours a week and for public holiday and weekend work (clause 10.1(b)).
Every salary links to its take-home figure. Take-home pages exist for every $1,000 up to $150,000 and in wider steps above that, so a salary without a page of its own links to the nearest one.
Recruit and trainee police pay
Recruits-in-Training are paid $74,309 a year from 1 July 2026 under clause 10.1 of the agreement ($71,623 from 1 July 2025).
Shift penalties, loadings and allowances
Base salary is not the whole of it: police officers on rotating rosters are paid extra for shift work. In summary, from the Western Australia Police Force Industrial Agreement 2024:
- Shift allowance (clause 16.1), per ordinary eight-hour shift from 1 July 2026: $74.11 for a Saturday or Sunday day shift, $84.35 for an afternoon shift, $101.13 for an evening shift and $126.56 for a night shift. Shifts of other lengths are paid pro rata.
- Shift types (clause 11.7): afternoon shifts start 11am–4:30pm, evening shifts 5pm–7:30pm and night shifts 8pm–5:30am.
- Recruits-in-Training and commissioned officers are excluded from the clause 16.1 shift allowance except as the agreement provides.
Check the instrument for the exact conditions that apply to your roster. Overtime is worked out separately — the overtime pay calculator handles time and a half and double time.
What a WA police officer salary is worth after tax
Every salary in the tables links to its take-home figure. Start with take-home pay on $95,000 for the entry rate or take-home pay on $125,000 for the top of the scale. Those figures cover base salary only; shift penalties and allowances are taxed as ordinary income on top.
Employer superannuation is paid on top of these salaries. For your own pay including penalties, a study loan or salary packaging, use the take-home pay calculator or the WA pay calculator.
What this page does not show
We publish only what we could read from a primary source. These are left off rather than estimated:
- Officer-in-charge, Category A/B/C sergeant, Aboriginal Police Liaison Officer and Superintendent/Commander rows are in the agreement but not reproduced here.
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How this page is sourced▼
Every salary on this page was read from the Western Australia Police Force Industrial Agreement 2024 or WA Police Force’s own published pay table on 24 September 2026, and applies from 1 July 2026. Nothing is estimated, averaged or interpolated. Where the instrument publishes a weekly or fortnightly rate, the annual figure is that rate multiplied out and the published rate is shown in the notes column.
Take-home figures come from the site’s own calculator using ATO rates for the current income year.
Sources & References
- 1Western Australia Police Force Industrial Agreement 2024 (AG 24 of 2025) — clause 10 Salaries and clause 16 Shift Allowance— Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission
Last verified: 24 September 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
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