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Cuyahoga Falls 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.
Cuyahoga Falls Police Department starts at $62,820 a year — about $30.20 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,865 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,320 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Ohio run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $67,713 would somewhere at average prices — $4,893 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 isCuyahoga Falls Police Department reported 74 sworn officers and 7 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 50,961.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 Cuyahoga Falls says about itself
The mission of the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department is to provide the highest level of service to the public.
What Cuyahoga Falls does
The Cuyahoga Falls Police Department serves the City of Cuyahoga Falls in Summit County, Ohio.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Cuyahoga Falls and Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association agreement, Article 19, Police Officer Step 10 "Entry Level" — open the source document
Wage schedule effective 1 July 2023 through 30 June 2024 (3.0%); $30.2019/hr, annualised at 2,080 hours on the contract's forty-hour week. The contract prints no annual figure.
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.
Entry pay, 2021–2023
Every point is the entry-class annual base printed in the agency’s own pay document. Base pay only — no shift differential, incentives or allowances.
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How this level compares
Where Cuyahoga Falls 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 | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| 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 $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Cuyahoga Falls starts at $62,820, so $5,320 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Cuyahoga Falls Police Department officer make?
Cuyahoga Falls Police Department starts a new officer on $62,820 a year, about $30.20 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 City of Cuyahoga Falls and Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association agreement, Article 19, Police Officer Step 10 "Entry Level".
Is that good pay for a police officer in Ohio?
It ranks #44 of 53 agencies we have verified in Ohio — 9 pay less, 43 pay more in the state — and #1,391 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,865 below, and against other municipal agencies $5,320 below.
Compare with another department
Put Cuyahoga Falls 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 Cuyahoga | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Police Department | Municipal | — | $88,712 | +$25,892 | #291 |
| 2 | University Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $82,259 | +$19,439 | #421 |
| 3 | Powell Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $81,426 | +$18,606 | #444 |
| 4 | Springfield Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $80,764 | +$17,944 | #468 |
| 5 | Stow Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $80,288 | +$17,468 | #486 |
| 6 | Cincinnati Police Department | Municipal | 971 | $79,359 | +$16,540 | #513 |
| 7 | Hilliard Police Department | Municipal | 63 | $79,248 | +$16,428 | #515 |
| 8 | Kettering Police Department | Municipal | 79 | $79,227 | +$16,407 | #517 |
| 9 | Canfield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,002 | +$16,182 | #522 |
| 10 | Mentor Police Department | Municipal | — | $77,849 | +$15,029 | #563 |
| 11 | Dayton Police Department | Municipal | 342 | $77,411 | +$14,591 | #575 |
| 12 | West Chester Township Police Department | Municipal | 92 | $77,027 | +$14,207 | #584 |
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