What are a state trooper’s salary and benefits?

For graduates after July 1, 2022, starting salary is $65,763. Overtime pay and shift differential are paid as applicable.

As of now, troopers get:

• An annual clothing allowance of $600;

•10 vacation days during their first year of employment and then 15 days of vacation beginning with their second year of employment;

•15 sick days per calendar year;

•12 paid holidays and four personal days per calendar year.

Upon graduation and promotion to the rank of trooper, members and their dependents are eligible for health care program, dental care program, vision care plan, prescription drug program, and a health reimbursement account.

Pennsylvania pays the entire cost of all coverage for the trooper and their eligible family members.

Qualifications

• No prior law enforcement experience is required. •Applicants must be at least 20 years of age on or before the date the application is completed. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and cannot have reached their 40th birthday prior to or on the date of appointment as a State Police Cadet.

• Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license from any state upon appointment as a Pennsylvania State Police Cadet.

Applicants must be a resident of Pennsylvania and possess a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license at the time of graduation.

Applicants must be a United States citizen at the time of initial application.

• Applicants must possess a high school diploma or a G.E.D. Certificate plus an Associate’s Degree or 60 semester credit hours in an accredited institution of higher education upon appointment to a cadet class. Applicants must possess a minimum of 30 semester credit hours at the time of application.

Apply online at: https://www.patrooper.com/apply-now.html