CopJobs report · Q4 2026 · as of Oct 20, 2026

Georgia police hiring, Q4 2026

53 sworn jobs were open at 30 Georgia departments on Oct 20, 2026. See them all.

Open sworn jobs

as of Oct 20, 2026

Departments hiring

as of Oct 20, 2026

Median starting pay

$54,017

departments' own postings

Jobs offering a hiring bonus

2 (4%)

as of Oct 20, 2026

Lateral (certified officer) jobs

12 (23%)

of open sworn jobs

Starting pay changes

since Jul 22, 2026

Largest hiring bonuses in Georgia

Savannah Police DepartmentFor new officers · “$7,500 for Recruits / $10,000 for Laterals” posting$7,500
Thomaston Police DepartmentFor new officers · “$7,200 signing bonus” posting$7,200

A change counts when the department's own posting moves its starting figure by at least 2% (and $1,000 a year or $0.50 an hour), and the new figure holds for at least two weekly checks.
Department	Was	Now	Changed
Milton Police Department GA	$59,000	$68,269 source	Oct 15, 2026

Jobs. Open sworn police, deputy and trooper postings on Oct 20, 2026, read every week from departments' own hiring systems and state peace-officer boards. Civilian, dispatch and corrections-officer jobs are not counted; sheriff's jail deputy jobs are.
Starting pay. The median of each department's starting figure for a new full-time officer, as its own posting states it. A state's median needs at least 5 departments.
Hiring bonuses. Bonuses a current posting offers, in the posting's own words, until the end date it gives. Referral and retention pay are not counted.
Lateral jobs. Postings only for officers already certified elsewhere.
Pay changes. Starting-pay moves seen in the department's own postings over the last 90 days, with the posting linked.

Published by CopJobs. Every figure is as of Oct 20, 2026; the report is refreshed each week and published quarterly.