Highway Patrol Trooper

Date:
Sep 19, 2026

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Requisition No:847620

Agency:
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle

Working Title:

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER -  1 1 1

Position Number:

Salary: $60,000.00 Annually

Posting Closing Date: 02/24/2027

This is a continuous, statewide advertisement for the Florida Highway Patrol Trooper position. There are multiple advertisements for this position. Please submit only one application as this is sufficient for all locations.

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is a nationally accredited state law enforcement agency charged with enforcing the laws of Florida and ensuring the safety of the motoring public.

Our vision is a safer Florida through Courtesy, Service and Protection. Utilizing a comprehensive education and enforcement plan, along with state-of-the-art training, equipment and technology, FHP provides professional law enforcement services to Florida’s 21 million residents and 110 million annual visitors while patrolling the state’s highways.

Upon graduation, Troopers are assigned to patrol operations. Primary functions consist of enforcing the State’s criminal and traffic laws, regulating the flow of traffic, assisting motorists, performing vehicle inspections, detecting and apprehending impaired drivers, apprehending fugitives from justice, investigating traffic crashes and assisting other agencies upon request. Duty assignments are based upon position availability and agency need. Recruits may receive a duty assignment anywhere in the State of Florida.

The FHP Training Academy is in Tallahassee, Florida. Recruits are challenged physically, mentally, and academically during their training to ensure they have what it takes for a career in law enforcement.

The Academy is a live-in training facility. All recruits will stay on academy grounds during the workweek but may leave most weekends. Recruits receive pay, benefits, meals, and lodging while attending the FHP Training Academy.

New recruits without law enforcement experience or without a Florida Law Enforcement Certification must attend the basic recruit course, which is approximately 29 weeks of training. Applicants who are Florida certified law enforcement officers and/or have a minimum of two-years of law enforcement patrol experience, may be eligible for abbreviated training courses. Out-of-state law enforcement officers must obtain their Florida Law Enforcement Certification to be eligible for one of the abbreviated training courses.

• $60,000.00 minimum annually ($5,000.00 monthly)
• $64,999.80 annually ($5,416.65 monthly) –
  if working in Broward, Miami-Dade, or Palm Beach county; or if living and working in Alachua, Baker, Brevard, Charlotte, Clay, Collier, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie or Volusia county
• $67,999.80annually ($5,666.65monthly) – if living and working in Monroe county

• Education Pay – up to $1,560 annually
• Uniform Allowance and other Perquisites – $1,300 annually
• Overtime Opportunities – rate of 1.5 times the member’s hourly salary
• Take-Home Patrol Car – approximately $10,000 in savings annually

Note:

Employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month. All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes.

• Annual and Sick Leave Package
• Nine Paid Holidays
• State Health and Life Insurance
• Supplemental Insurance Options such as…