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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At Chicago Police Department, Marlene Smolek serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Elizabeth Soreghen works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Elizabeth earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Clory Stephans works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Clory earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Donald Story 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, Trevor Stotts serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Dyone Taylor works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Dyone earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Martin Teresi is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Timothy Thomas serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Belinda Thompson serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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John Thompson is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Amos Tillmon 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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Lisa Tlapa works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Lisa earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Leroy Toliver is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Daniel 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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At Chicago Police Department, Wilson Torres Jr serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Shelley Townsend works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Shelley earned $127,146 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Elliot Tupayachi serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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John Valencia is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Israel Valentin 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, Julian Vega serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Leticia Velez Del Valle is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Androniki Velisaris 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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Lonnie Vinson is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Rolando Virella 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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Dante Walker works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Dante earned $127,146 in 2026.
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James Walls works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. James earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Glenn Walton is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Matthew Walton serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Thomas Warnstedt is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Roger Washington 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, Milton Waters Iv serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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Timothy Westbrooks 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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David Wetzel 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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Mary Wilkosz works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Mary earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Darrick Williams works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Darrick earned $127,146 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Robert Williams Ii serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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At Chicago Police Department, Noble Williams serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $127,146.
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John Williamson is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $127,146.
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Tom Wilson works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Tom earned $127,146 in 2026.
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Donald Wisz holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $127,146.