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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Jason Murdoch holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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Theresa Nazario is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Anthony Nicholson works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Anthony earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Cesar Nieto holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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Lourdes Nieto works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Lourdes earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Tracy Nowakowski works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Tracy earned $123,576 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Jose Ocampo serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Matilde Ocampo is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Jose Ochoa works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Jose earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Daniel O Connor works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Daniel earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Alphonsus O Connor holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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At Chicago Police Department, John O Keefe serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Donald Oksanen is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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David Olivares is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Kevin O Mara is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Kimberly Oppedisano works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Kimberly earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Jaysen Orkowski works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Jaysen earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Amy Ortiz is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Nicholas Ortiz is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Leslie Padilla works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Leslie earned $123,576 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Awilda Pagan serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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At Chicago Police Department, Angelina Palermo serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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At Chicago Police Department, Karen Paller serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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At Chicago Police Department, Brett Palm serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Philip Paolino works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Philip earned $123,576 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Michael Papin serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Henrietta Parker works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Henrietta earned $123,576 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Darius Parker serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Arturo Partida works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Arturo earned $123,576 in 2026.
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At Chicago Police Department, Sonja Patrick serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Michael Paul works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Michael earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Oneal Payne is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Kendra Pepper is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.
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Rosali Perez Jr holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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Marcos Perez holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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Quantilda Peterson holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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At Chicago Police Department, Cecil Phillips serves as a Police Officer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $123,576.
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Kevin Pickens holds the role of Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $123,576.
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Nicholas Pienta works as a Police Officer for Chicago Police Department. Their status is full-time. Nicholas earned $123,576 in 2026.
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Kory Pierce is a Police Officer at Chicago Police Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $123,576.