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Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Location
Oklahoma City, OK
County
Oklahoma
Established
1937
Hiring recorded

77th Trooper Academy. Workday JR62491 body: Announcement Opened Tuesday, July 14, 2026; Application Deadline Monday, September 14, 2026 @ 11:59pm; Anticipated Academy Start Date Monday, April 5, 2027. The same posting's boilerplate says applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date, and labels September 14, 2026 as Estimated Appointment End Date. If that day-prior rule is applied to September 14, the last accept time is 11:59 PM on September 13. Act on the earlier clock. Timezone is not printed. Join-the-ohp hub (last modified Jul 14, 2026) says applications are open and does not print a close date. Traditional cadet annual base $56,562.79; lateral $67,899.62. Age: at least 21 but less than 46 when the academy starts.

Hiring status checked Sep 3, 2026. Deadlines change without notice; confirm on the official page.

Official department site

Record figures

$56,562
Starting pay

Cadet during academy

Source: oklahoma.gov, checked Aug 30, 2026.

About the department

No source on file

Bulk-imported from a public agency roster. Unconfirmed.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, founded 1937 after Governor E.W. Marland convinced the legislature to create it. Headquarters 3600 North Martin Luther King Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73111. History page: thirteen field Troops A through M plus turnpike Troops X and Y, responsible for 111,994 miles of city, county, and state-maintained roads. The OHP home page (retrieved 2026-09-03) still advertises the 74th Academy at Workday JR35069; the live apply door is the 77th Academy at JR62491. Applicant traditional table prints PROBATIONARY TROOPER, AFTER GRADUATION cells $67,899.62, $1,200.00, 600, and TOTAL $61,469.51 as published.

Pay

Read by Ready to Serve

Source: Pay plan, checked Aug 30, 2026.

$92,794
Top of the entry rank

OHP Trooper Step 7

Source: oklahoma.gov, checked Aug 30, 2026.

1 recorded

Assignments and specialties

No source on file

Bulk-imported from a public agency roster. Unconfirmed.

Operations

  • Highway Patrol

Contacting the department

No source on file

Bulk-imported from a public agency roster. Unconfirmed.

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