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Toledo 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.
Toledo Police Department starts at $67,621 a year — about $32.51 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $769 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $3,643 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Toledo, OH run about 9% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $73,939 would somewhere at average prices — $6,318 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 67 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 isToledo Police Department reported 616 sworn officers and 59 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 264,490.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 Toledo says about itself
The Toledo Police Department is committed to protecting and serving the residents of Toledo, OH, through dedicated law enforcement, crime prevention, and active community engagement. Our mission is to ensure the safety, security, and well-being of all Toledo citizens.
What Toledo does
Toledo Police Officers protect life and property, enforce criminal and traffic laws, respond to calls, investigate offenses and provide municipal public-safety service
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Toledo official 2026 — open the source document
Opened 2 April 2026; official Police Officer minimum $67,620.80 annually. The recruitment uses entry-level testing and does not require prior law-enforcement experience. Higher steps excluded
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 Toledo 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. Toledo starts at $67,621, so $3,666 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Toledo Police Department officer make?
Toledo Police Department starts a new officer on $67,621 a year, about $32.51 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 Toledo official 2026.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Ohio?
It ranks #29 of 40 agencies we have verified in Ohio — 11 pay less, 28 pay more in the state — and #887 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $769 below, and against other municipal agencies $3,643 below.
Compare with another department
Put Toledo 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 Toledo | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westlake Police Department | Municipal | — | $88,712 | +$21,091 | #236 |
| 2 | University Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $82,259 | +$14,638 | #343 |
| 3 | Powell Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $81,426 | +$13,805 | #364 |
| 4 | Stow Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $80,288 | +$12,667 | #404 |
| 5 | Cincinnati Police Department | Municipal | 971 | $79,359 | +$11,739 | #423 |
| 6 | Canfield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,002 | +$11,381 | #428 |
| 7 | Mentor Police Department | Municipal | — | $77,849 | +$10,228 | #461 |
| 8 | Beavercreek Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $76,918 | +$9,297 | #482 |
| 9 | Grandview Heights Division of Police | Municipal | 24 | $76,708 | +$9,087 | #487 |
| 10 | Shaker Heights Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $76,566 | +$8,945 | #493 |
| 11 | Centerville Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $75,608 | +$7,987 | #533 |
| 12 | Delaware Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $75,254 | +$7,634 | #548 |
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