Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Louisville Metro Police Department / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
1,106 employees hold this title in Louisville Metro Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $48,461, above the department median of $47,407.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 1,106 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 2,270 people — is $63,220. Louisville Metro Police Department pays a median base salary of $38,957 for this role, 38% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Louisville Metro Police Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Louisville Metro Police Department’s median base salary is 49% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 921 of 1,106 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Louisville Metro Police Department is $48,461, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Police Officer is held in 2 Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments. In Louisville Metro Police Department, the median of $48,461 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other Louisville Metro, Kentuckydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Louisville Metro, Kentucky, the median of $56,095 ranks #27 of 31. See Police Officer across all of Louisville Metro, Kentucky →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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At Louisville Metro Police Department, Jacob Kerger serves as a Police Officer. Their 2026 pay totaled $43,723.
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At Louisville Metro Police Department, Bryson Bell serves as a Police Officer. Their 2026 pay totaled $43,688.
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Richard Strickland works as a Police Officer for Louisville Metro Police Department. Richard earned $43,675 in 2026.
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At Louisville Metro Police Department, Kent Rusch serves as a Police Officer. Their 2026 pay totaled $43,645.
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Gregory Johnson holds the role of Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. In 2026, their total compensation was $43,627.
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Frank Lucchese holds the role of Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. In 2026, their total compensation was $43,536.
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Holly Exley works as a Police Officer for Louisville Metro Police Department. Holly earned $43,527 in 2026.
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Celestino Aviles holds the role of Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. In 2026, their total compensation was $43,525.
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Trenton Heidorn holds the role of Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. In 2026, their total compensation was $43,519.
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Errik Duvall is a Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. 2026 total compensation came to $43,513.
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Amber Andrade works as a Police Officer for Louisville Metro Police Department. Amber earned $43,454 in 2026.
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Gearld Lanham is a Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. 2026 total compensation came to $43,422.
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Shawn Watkins holds the role of Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. In 2026, their total compensation was $43,421.
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Jason Burba holds the role of Police Officer at Louisville Metro Police Department. In 2026, their total compensation was $43,396.