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Bexley 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.
Bexley Police Department starts at $71,407 a year — about $34.33 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,017 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $143 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Ohio run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $76,969 would somewhere at average prices — $5,562 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 73 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro 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.
What Bexley says about itself
The Bexley Police Department is committed to enhancing the quality of life for everyone in our community by providing professional, ethical, and compassionate public safety services. Guided by our core values of F.I.R.E. — Fairness, Integrity, Respect, and Empathy — we strive to reduce fear, preserve peace, and enforce the law impartially while protecting the constitutional rights of all.
What Bexley does
Bexley Police Department provides the City's patrol and municipal police service.
Shifts at Bexley
Bexley runs three uniformed patrol shifts, each eight hours and staffed with a sergeant and six officers, alongside a detective bureau.
Three eight-hour watches with a fixed squad are easy to describe and hard to keep track of once overtime, court and special duty land on top. BlueShifts holds the tour and the extras together.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $71,407.23 annual base minimum. SOURCE: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/bexley/jobs/5292599/bexley.org FINDING: Official City April 2026 Police Officer recruitment publishes $71,407. — open the source document
$71,407.23 annual base minimum. SOURCE: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/bexley/jobs/5292599/bexley.org FINDING: Official City April 2026 Police Officer recruitment publishes $71,407.23-$119,278.85 and expressly accepts non-lateral candidates not currently employed as sworn officers.
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 Bexley 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. Bexley starts at $71,407, so $120 above the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Bexley Police Department officer make?
Bexley Police Department starts a new officer on $71,407 a year, about $34.33 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 $71,407.23 annual base minimum. SOURCE: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/bexley/jobs/5292599/bexley.org FINDING: Official City April 2026 Police Officer recruitment publishes $71,407..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Ohio?
It ranks #22 of 40 agencies we have verified in Ohio — 18 pay less, 21 pay more in the state — and #700 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,017 above, and against other municipal agencies $143 above.
What shifts do Bexley Police Department officers work?
Bexley runs three uniformed patrol shifts, each eight hours and staffed with a sergeant and six officers, alongside a detective bureau. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Bexley 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 Bexley | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Police Department | Municipal | — | $88,712 | +$17,305 | #236 |
| 2 | University Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $82,259 | +$10,852 | #343 |
| 3 | Powell Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $81,426 | +$10,019 | #364 |
| 4 | Stow Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $80,288 | +$8,881 | #404 |
| 5 | Cincinnati Police Department | Municipal | 971 | $79,359 | +$7,952 | #423 |
| 6 | Canfield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,002 | +$7,595 | #428 |
| 7 | Mentor Police Department | Municipal | — | $77,849 | +$6,441 | #461 |
| 8 | Beavercreek Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $76,918 | +$5,511 | #482 |
| 9 | Grandview Heights Division of Police | Municipal | 24 | $76,708 | +$5,300 | #487 |
| 10 | Shaker Heights Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $76,566 | +$5,159 | #493 |
| 11 | Centerville Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $75,608 | +$4,201 | #533 |
| 12 | Delaware Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $75,254 | +$3,847 | #548 |
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