Become a Nebraska Trooper in 2025, Applications Open Until March 31
March 10, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Your opportunity to make a difference for Nebraskans is here, with a career you get to define. Nebraska State Patrol applications are open until March 31 at NebraskaTroopers.com.
The Nebraska State Patrol is building the next class of troopers prepared to serve in communities across the state. Troopers serve in many career paths including patrol, criminal investigator, K9 handler, crash investigator, pilot, tactical flight officer, crisis negotiator, drone operator, hazmat technician, and many more. Troopers can also serve in specialty units including the SWAT Team, Carrier Enforcement, Bomb Squad, Executive Protection, Training Academy, Mobile Field Force, and the Husker Football Detail.
The next NSP training class is set to begin on July 7, with graduation scheduled for December 19, 2025. The application process is open until March 31.
Troopers earn a starting salary of $32.45 per hour ($67,496 annually) upon graduation from the NSP Training Academy. Recruits are paid $28.85 during the academy process. Troopers also receive an excellent retirement plan, health, vision, dental, and life insurance, as well as free college tuition for you and your dependents at the University of Nebraska, state colleges, or community colleges.
Troopers also have opportunities for additional pay, including overtime hours at a pay rate of 1.5 times their base salary rate, shift differential pay of an additional $1.00 per hour if they are regularly assigned to the night shift, and a 2.5 percent pay increase for qualifying as bilingual.
The NSP Training Academy offers an extensive 24-week training program. Recruits go through numerous life-like scenarios and hundreds of hours of instruction to prepare them for a career serving Nebraska.
NSP offers the opportunity to serve in communities across the entire state of Nebraska. Each recruit will know their assigned duty station prior to starting camp, as NSP works to balance candidates’ duty station requests with the need to provide quality law enforcement coverage statewide. Applicants can get more information about the open duty stations and the duty station process at NebraskaTroopers.com/DutyStations.
Applicants must be a United States citizen and at least 21 years of age by graduation, when they take the oath of office. Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED equivalence. Additional information about the hiring process, benefits, opportunities, and recruiter contacts can be found at NebraskaTroopers.com.