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Canfield 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.
Canfield Police Department starts at $79,002 a year — about $37.98 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $10,612 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $7,738 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 $85,155 would somewhere at average prices — $6,153 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.
How big the department isCanfield Police Department reported 21 sworn officers and 10 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 7,615.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 Canfield says about itself
To actively develop partnerships with the community to protect life and property, solve community problems, reduce the fear of crime and enhance the quality of life within our city through the provision of prompt, professional, courteous and exceptional public service.
What Canfield does
Canfield Police states that its mission is to develop community partnerships to protect life and property, solve community problems, reduce fear of crime, enhance quality of life, and provide prompt, professional, courteous public service.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 14 August 2026. Canfield Police Department / City of Canfield — Police Patrol Officer — Entry Level — open the source document
Official announcement publishes 2026 starting range | Class: Police Patrol Officer — Entry Level | Post-academy: yes — official announcement is expressly for Entry Level or Lateral full-time Police Patrol Officer | Official Canfield Police Department civil-service announcement publishes the 2026 starting salary range as $79,002-$87,376 for Entry Level or Lateral full-time Police Patrol Officer.
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.
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How this level compares
Where Canfield 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. Canfield starts at $79,002, so $7,715 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Canfield Police Department officer make?
Canfield Police Department starts a new officer on $79,002 a year, about $37.98 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 Canfield Police Department / City of Canfield — Police Patrol Officer — Entry Level.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Ohio?
It ranks #6 of 40 agencies we have verified in Ohio — 34 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #428 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $10,612 above, and against other municipal agencies $7,738 above.
Compare with another department
Put Canfield 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 Canfield | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Police Department | Municipal | — | $88,712 | +$9,710 | #236 |
| 2 | University Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $82,259 | +$3,257 | #343 |
| 3 | Powell Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $81,426 | +$2,424 | #364 |
| 4 | Stow Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $80,288 | +$1,286 | #404 |
| 5 | Cincinnati Police Department | Municipal | 971 | $79,359 | +$357 | #423 |
| 7 | Mentor Police Department | Municipal | — | $77,849 | −$1,153 | #461 |
| 8 | Beavercreek Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $76,918 | −$2,084 | #482 |
| 9 | Grandview Heights Division of Police | Municipal | 24 | $76,708 | −$2,294 | #487 |
| 10 | Shaker Heights Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $76,566 | −$2,436 | #493 |
| 11 | Centerville Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $75,608 | −$3,394 | #533 |
| 12 | Delaware Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $75,254 | −$3,748 | #548 |
| 13 | New Albany Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $73,633 | −$5,369 | #607 |
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