City of Chicago / Chicago Police Department / Police Officer
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Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
7,783 employees hold this title in Chicago Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $111,252, below the department median of $115,158.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 7,783 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 22,680 people — is $107,810. Chicago Police Department pays a median base salary of $111,252 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 78th 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chicago 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. Chicago Police Department’s median base salary is 46% above that national figure, about the 87th 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 9,116 of 9,219 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 Chicago Police Department is $111,252, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $111,252 ranks #10 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Chicago →
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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Boonserm Srisuth works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Boonserm earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Jeffrey Stahl works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Jeffrey earned $127,146 in 2026.
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James St Andrew holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Joseph Stenson serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Carl Suchocki serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Piotr Szczurowski is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Rhegeae Tate is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Sabrina Taylor works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Sabrina earned $127,146 in 2026.
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David Tencza works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. David earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Ted Thanasenaris works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Ted earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Panagiotis Theodorides holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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Craig Thompson works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Craig earned $127,146 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Edward Tibbs serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Kevin Tloczek works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Kevin earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Antonio Torres holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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Anthony Trapalis holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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Kenshira Traylor is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Daniel Trost works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Daniel earned $127,146 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Lisa Ulleweit serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Edwin Utreras holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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Adrian Valadez works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Adrian earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Eugenio Velasco Jr is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Alexander Villagrana is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Erick Von Kondrat works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Erick earned $127,146 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Alvaro Viteri serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Kenneth Walker holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Tiffany Walker serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Virginia Warnecke works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Virginia earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Joseph Waszak is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Eric Watson holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Jeffrey Weber serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Megan Welch holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Paul White serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Ronald White is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Perry Whiteside is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Peter White works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Peter earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Rickie Whitten holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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Steve Wieczorek holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.
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Corry Williams works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Corry earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Darlene Williams Curington works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Darlene earned $127,146 in 2026.