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Mount Vernon 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.
Mount Vernon Police Department starts at $70,720 a year — about $34.00 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,330 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $544 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 $76,228 would somewhere at average prices — $5,508 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 Mount Vernon says about itself
The Mount Vernon Police Department is dedicated to making communities safer through innovative problem solving and cooperative partnerships.
What Mount Vernon does
Mount Vernon Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement services intended to protect people and property, preserve peace, prevent and investigate crime and enforce laws. Official City materials emphasize professional service, public safety, accountability and community relationships
Shifts at Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon provides law enforcement services with three shifts of officers, seven days a week, twenty-four hours per day.
Three shifts covering a 24-hour clock in a 22-officer department means cover depends on everyone's days lining up. BlueShifts keeps your own tour and the swaps that come with a small roster in one calendar.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Mount Vernon official Entry — open the source document
Opened 28 January 2026; official entry-level Police Officer salary $34.00/hour = $70,720
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 Mount Vernon 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. Mount Vernon starts at $70,720, so $567 below the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Mount Vernon Police Department officer make?
Mount Vernon Police Department starts a new officer on $70,720 a year, about $34.00 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 Mount Vernon official Entry.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Ohio?
It ranks #23 of 40 agencies we have verified in Ohio — 17 pay less, 22 pay more in the state — and #739 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,330 above, and against other municipal agencies $544 below.
What shifts do Mount Vernon Police Department officers work?
Mount Vernon provides law enforcement services with three shifts of officers, seven days a week, twenty-four hours per day. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Mount Vernon 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 Mount | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Police Department | Municipal | — | $88,712 | +$17,992 | #236 |
| 2 | University Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $82,259 | +$11,539 | #343 |
| 3 | Powell Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $81,426 | +$10,706 | #364 |
| 4 | Stow Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $80,288 | +$9,568 | #404 |
| 5 | Cincinnati Police Department | Municipal | 971 | $79,359 | +$8,639 | #423 |
| 6 | Canfield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,002 | +$8,282 | #428 |
| 7 | Mentor Police Department | Municipal | — | $77,849 | +$7,129 | #461 |
| 8 | Beavercreek Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $76,918 | +$6,198 | #482 |
| 9 | Grandview Heights Division of Police | Municipal | 24 | $76,708 | +$5,988 | #487 |
| 10 | Shaker Heights Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $76,566 | +$5,846 | #493 |
| 11 | Centerville Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $75,608 | +$4,888 | #533 |
| 12 | Delaware Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $75,254 | +$4,534 | #548 |
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