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Ohio state trooper salary, 2026
What the Ohio State Highway Patrol pays a state trooper at each step, as printed in the state's contract with the Ohio State Troopers Association. In effect the pay period that includes July 1, 2026.
Base salary for a Highway Patrol Trooper at step 1
$73,320
$95,680 at step 6.
Base salary at each step
Yearly base salary, without overtime, as printed on the schedule. An employee shall receive a step increase upon satisfactory completion of the initial probationary period. Step increases shall occur annually thereafter if the employee receives an overall "satisfactory" rating on his/her annual performance evaluation. The initial probationary period for Bargaining Unit 1 is three hundred and sixty-five (365) days. The contract does not give cadet pay in the academy or say which step a new trooper starts on.
Step 1$73,320
Step 2$77,376
Step 3$81,494
Step 4$86,008
Step 5$90,750
Step 6$95,680
Highway Patrol Sergeant (pay range 14) base salary
Yearly base salary at each step. Employees promoted to sergeant shall be paid at step 5 of the pay range and upon completion of one hundred and eighty (180) days of the 365-day probationary period, the employee shall receive a step increase to step 6 of the pay range.
Step 1$85,446
Step 2$89,939
Step 3$94,952
Step 4$99,216
Step 5$104,312
Step 6$109,554
Bonus, stipends and other pay
Shift differential
$1.60 per hour for each hour worked commencing at 5:00 p.m. and ending at 6:00 a.m.
Longevity pay
From 5 years of total state service: one-half percent (1/2%) times the number of years' service times the first step of the pay rate of the classification, for a total of twenty (20) years, added to the step rate of pay
Health and fitness incentive pay, a month
$90.00 for passing, $100.00 for basic status, $110.00 for yellow ribbon status, $120.00 for star status. For troopers who have completed their probationary period and sergeants who meet the fitness standards
Field Training Officer supplement
$2.25 per hour for the hours worked as the FTO during the training period
Protective vest stipend
$1,500.00 once every sixty (60) months. First stipend no earlier than fifty-four (54) months from graduation from the Highway Patrol Academy
Not published
The contract does not give cadet pay during the academy, or say which step a new trooper starts on. It does not give how many troopers are at each step or what any trooper was actually paid.
Common questions
How much does a Ohio state trooper make?
On the Ohio State Highway Patrol pay schedule in effect the pay period that includes July 1, 2026, base salary runs from $73,320 at step 1 to $95,680 at step 6.
What is the starting salary for a Ohio state trooper?
$73,320 a year at step 1. An employee shall receive a step increase upon satisfactory completion of the initial probationary period. Step increases shall occur annually thereafter if the employee receives an overall "satisfactory" rating on his/her annual performance evaluation. The initial probationary period for Bargaining Unit 1 is three hundred and sixty-five (365) days. The contract does not give cadet pay in the academy or say which step a new trooper starts on.