Salary And Benefits

Salary

  • Starting Salary $50,000* annually, increasing incrementally to $189,801 after eight (8) years of service. *Under 2025 labor agreement.

Benefits

  • Full salary and benefits during entire training period.
  • Night shift differential payments.
  • Yearly uniform cleaning allotment.
  • Fourteen (14) paid holidays.
  • Longevity pay.
  • Overtime payments (when available).
  • Supplemental Task Stipend.
  • All uniforms and equipment are supplied by the Department.
  • Paid family dental and optical plans via PBA Union.
  • Medical plans available at 2.5% of base pay.
  • Suffolk County Deferred Compensation plan - IRC 457(b).
  • Fifteen (15) paid vacation days first year of service, increasing to twenty-seven (27) days after five (5) years of service.
  • Thirteen (13) paid sick days per year. Unused sick days are cumulative.
  • Up to three (3) paid personal days first year of service, increasing to five (5) days after three (3) years of service.
  • *Pension plan. Members are eligible for retirement after twenty (20) years of service at 50% of three (3) year final average salary. Vested retirement plan after five (5) years.