Ghana Police Service Salary. A person working as a Police Officer in Ghana typically earns around 2,860 GHS per month. Salaries range from 1,320 GHS (lowest) to 4,550 GHS (highest).
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Ghana Police Service Salary
This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Police Officer salaries vary drastically based on experience, skills, gender, or location. Below you will find a detailed breakdown based on many different criteria.
The median, the maximum, the minimum, and the range
Salary Range
Police Officer salaries in Ghana range from 1,320 GHS per month (minimum salary) to 4,550 GHS per month (maximum salary).
Median Salary
The median salary is 3,090 GHS per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Police Officer(s) are earning less than 3,090 GHS while the other half are earning more than 3,090 GHS. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.
Percentiles
Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of Police Officer(s) are earning less than 1,980 GHS while 75% of them are earning more than 1,980 GHS. Also from the diagram, 75% of Police Officer(s) are earning less than 4,120 GHS while 25% are earning more than 4,120 GHS.
The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher your wage. We broke down Police Officer salaries by experience level and this is what we found.
Police Officer with less than two years of experience makes approximately 1,490 GHS per month. While someone with an experience level of between two and five years is expected to earn 1,990 GHS per month, 34% more than someone with less than two years of experience. Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 2,950 GHS per month, 48% more than someone with two to five years of experience.