Police Chief Officer Salaries
Chief Officer Pay (by rank and force group)
| Rank | Salary |
|---|---|
| Assistant Chief Constable / Commander | £120,489 – £135,756 (3 points) |
| Deputy Chief Constable — Group 3 forces | £149,799 |
| Deputy Chief Constable — Group 2 forces | £165,537 |
| Deputy Chief Constable — Group 1 forces | £190,737 |
| Chief Constable — Group 3 forces | £181,575 |
| Chief Constable — Group 2 forces | £200,652 |
| Chief Constable — Group 1 forces | £231,198 |
| Met: Deputy Assistant Commissioner | £190,737 |
| Met: Assistant Commissioner | £231,198 |
| Met: Deputy Commissioner | £273,192 |
| Met: Commissioner | £330,465 |
| City of London: Assistant Commissioner | £169,668 |
| City of London: Commissioner | £205,248 |
Chief officer ranks sit above Chief Superintendent: Assistant Chief Constable (called Commander in the Met and City), Deputy Chief Constable, and Chief Constable — with the Met's equivalent ladder running DAC → Assistant Commissioner → Deputy Commissioner → Commissioner.
Chief officer pay is set by the PRRB's chief officer award (Annex F). ACC/Commander has a 3-point scale; DCC and CC are single rates that vary by force group — forces are grouped 1–3 by size and budget, so the Chief Constable of a Group 1 force (the largest, e.g. West Midlands, Greater Manchester) earns £231,198 while a Group 3 force CC earns £181,575.
The Met Commissioner (£330,465) is the highest-paid police officer in the UK. Note the deliberate symmetry: a Met Assistant Commissioner is paid the same as a Group 1 Chief Constable (£231,198), and a Met DAC the same as a Group 1 DCC (£190,737).
Take-home at these levels is dominated by tax structure: every chief officer salary sits above the £100,000 personal-allowance taper (fully tapered above £125,140), the 45% additional rate applies above £125,140, and PPS 2015 contributions run at 13.78%. The calculator models all of this — an ACC on Pay Point 1 (£120,489) takes home around £69,700; the Met Commissioner around £161,900.