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Beavercreek Police Department entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Beavercreek Police Department starts at $76,918 a year — about $36.98 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,528 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $5,654 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $82,981 would somewhere at average prices — $6,063 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 73 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on price levels for this metropolitan area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isBeavercreek Police Department reported 53 sworn officers and 18 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 48,369.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Beavercreek says about itself
We, of the Beavercreek Police Department, are committed to work in partnership with our community, to safeguard life and property while ensuring the rights of all people, and thereby enhancing the quality of life for our citizens.
What Beavercreek does
Beavercreek PD is the municipal police department providing patrol, investigations, community engagement, crime prevention and regional tactical/public-safety functions.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $36.98/hour / $76,918 annual starting salary. Current official City recruiting page publishes a — open the source document
$36.98/hour / $76,918 annual starting salary. Current official City recruiting page publishes a starting salary of $36.98/hour ($76,918 annually) under the current collective-bargaining structure and separately addresses certified candidates with experience, so the published
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
How this level compares
Where Beavercreek sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Beavercreek starts at $76,918, so $5,631 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Beavercreek Police Department officer make?
Beavercreek Police Department starts a new officer on $76,918 a year, about $36.98 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from $36.98/hour / $76,918 annual starting salary. Current official City recruiting page publishes a.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Ohio?
It ranks #8 of 40 agencies we have verified in Ohio — 32 pay less, 7 pay more in the state — and #482 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,528 above, and against other municipal agencies $5,654 above.
Compare with another department
Put Beavercreek Police Department side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in OH
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Beavercreek | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Police Department | Municipal | — | $88,712 | +$11,794 | #236 |
| 2 | University Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $82,259 | +$5,341 | #343 |
| 3 | Powell Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $81,426 | +$4,508 | #364 |
| 4 | Stow Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $80,288 | +$3,370 | #404 |
| 5 | Cincinnati Police Department | Municipal | 971 | $79,359 | +$2,441 | #423 |
| 6 | Canfield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,002 | +$2,084 | #428 |
| 7 | Mentor Police Department | Municipal | — | $77,849 | +$931 | #461 |
| 9 | Grandview Heights Division of Police | Municipal | 24 | $76,708 | −$210 | #487 |
| 10 | Shaker Heights Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $76,566 | −$352 | #493 |
| 11 | Centerville Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $75,608 | −$1,310 | #533 |
| 12 | Delaware Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $75,254 | −$1,664 | #548 |
| 13 | New Albany Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $73,633 | −$3,285 | #607 |
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