Louisville Metro (LMPD) police officer salary, 2025
The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) is the police department of Louisville Metro, the merged government of Louisville and Jefferson County.1 800 people worked as police officers for Louisville Metro in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $112,274, overtime included.
What is the average police officer salary at Louisville Metro?
Official pay range2
$63,581 to $95,548
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest police officer title
Based on the 693 of 800 police officers who worked the full year.
Most of Louisville Metro's police officers (800 of 800) hold the title Police Officer, with an official range of $63,581 to $95,548. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $112,274, $16,726 above the top of the range.
- Median total pay
- $106,599
- the middle police officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $22,003
- average per full-year police officer
- Starting salary
- $63,581
- bottom of the Police Officer range
- Police officers
- 800
- 693 of them worked the full year
What does each police officer title at Louisville Metro pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1,2 Ranges come from the police officers' and sergeants' contract scale in force from July 2025. Louisville Metro's other titles have no current published range.
- Police Officer$112,274
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Police sergeant and lieutenant pay at Louisville Metro
Ranks above officer, kept out of the officer figures on this page. Range: the bottom and top step of the contract scale in force from July 2025; lieutenants have no published scale. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officers | 800 | $63,581 to $95,548 | $112,274 |
| Sergeants | 179 | $95,671 to $113,583 | $139,725 |
| Lieutenants | 66 | Not reported | $164,605 |
Full-year sergeants averaged $139,725, $27,451 more than officers.
Questions about police officer pay at Louisville Metro
What is the average police officer salary at Louisville Metro?
Police officers at Louisville Metro who worked the full year earned an average of $112,274 in 2025, overtime included. The middle police officer earned $106,599: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its police officer titles runs from $63,581 to $95,548.
How much overtime do police officers at Louisville Metro earn?
Full-year police officers were paid an average of $22,003 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $17,083: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What is the starting salary for a police officer at the LMPD?
$63,581 a year: the bottom of the current official range (today) for Louisville Metro's Police Officer title. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year officers averaged $112,274 in total pay.
How much does a police sergeant make at the LMPD?
Full-year sergeants at Louisville Metro averaged $139,725 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $95,671 to $113,583.
More public salaries at Louisville Metro
- 911 dispatcher salaries at Louisville Metro$100,547 average total pay
- Firefighter salaries at Louisville Metro$84,654 average total pay
- Correctional officer salaries at Louisville Metro$82,100 average total pay
- Librarian salaries at Louisville Metro$62,903 average total pay
- Paramedic and EMT salaries at Louisville Metro$111,116 average total pay
Sources for the Louisville Metro figures
Every person who held a police officer position at Louisville Metro at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who were already on Louisville Metro's payroll in 2024 and whose base pay in 2025 reached at least 90% of their own annual rate. The file has no hours or hire dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro KY Employee Salary Data (Louisville Open Data): title, department, annual rate, base pay, overtime, incentive and other pay of every Louisville Metro employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who was already employed.
- Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and River City FOP Lodge 614, Police Officers and Sergeants agreement (July 2023 to June 2027), salary schedule: the Police Officer and Police Sergeant pay scales; the range shown is the one in force from July 2025, at the end of the pay year.