The level of gross salaries of police officers in Europe, including the United Kingdom, varies from 699 euros in Bulgaria to 5761 euros in Denmark. The data refer to a 35-year-old police officer with more than 10 years of experience, a high level of education and a 36-hour work week, according to Eurostat.
Gross salaries of male police officers in EU countries in euros refer to 35-year-olds with 10 years of experience, a high level of education and a 36-hour work week.
In Croatia it was 1396 gross euros and with the increase 1516 gross euros. Only Bulgaria (€699), Poland (€1054) and Romania (€1090) were among the countries in the survey where gross police salaries were lower than in Croatia. Hungary (1206 euros), Estonia (1252 euros) and Portugal (1350 euros) are also close.
It is interesting that in Slovenia this amount is 2418 euros, which places it in 11th place between Spain and Italy.
The data show that the averages also differ by gender. In every country except Luxembourg, the average salary of male police officers is higher than the average salary of female police officers.
Most often, it is a difference of 10 percent, with the note that this data is not very reliable for some countries. It is not known how reliable the data is for Croatia, but according to them, female police officers were paid only 935 euros gross in 2023.
Police inspectors and detectives are better paid than police officers. Their gross salary ranges from 1316-6351 euros. Bulgaria is again at the bottom and Denmark at the top, but Croatia is in 6th place with 1840 euros. It is about the salary amounts for 40-year-old employees with 15 years of work experience and 36 hours of work per week. Slovenia is ranked in tenth place with 3044 euros gross salary per month.
