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Police pay in Ohio
Entry pay in Ohio runs from $52,957 to $88,712 a year. Verified at 40 agencies, each figure taken from that employer's own published document and dated on its page.
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.
The middle Ohio agency starts officers on $71,656, above the national middle of $68,390 — 12th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Ohio compares
Every figure below is a starting salary — what an agency pays an officer in their first year, before overtime. Each one is the middle agency of its group: half pay more, half pay less.
| Agencies compared | Middle OH agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $71,656 | $68,390 | +5% |
| City departments | $71,832 | $71,302 | +1% |
The best-paid agency in Ohio starts officers on 1.7 times what the lowest-paid one does — $88,712 against $52,957. Overall, Ohio ranks 12th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal36 agencies
Lowest$52,957
Middle$71,832
Highest$88,712
Across 36 city departments in Ohio.
Sheriff2 agencies
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office$69,430
Franklin County Sheriff's Office$65,374
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
State1 agency
Ohio State Highway Patrol$72,010
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
Special jurisdiction1 agency
Youngstown State University Police Department$57,616
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Ohio agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Ohio borders.
Also for Ohio: What Ohio agencies say about off-duty work Taken from each agency's own published policy.
Also: Every agency we have verified The statistics Municipal departments Sheriff's offices
Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 14 August 2026. Entry-level base salary only — overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more than the figure shown. Where an agency publishes both an academy rate and a post-academy rate, the post-academy rate is used. A missing agency has not been checked, not found to pay less.
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