City of Rockford / Police Department / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
149 employees hold this title in Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $102,830, below the department median of $109,338.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 149 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 Rockford, IL area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 500 people — is $78,510. Police Department pays a median base salary of $85,449 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 62nd 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 Rockford, IL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows 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. Police Department’s median base salary is 12% above that national figure, about the 61st 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 Rockford, IL range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 136 of 149 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Police Department is $102,830, 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 Rockford, the median of $102,830 ranks #13 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Rockford →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officerroles 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 Police Department, Rose Schiro serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $119,500.
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At Police Department, Jonathan Vargas serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $119,353.
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At Police Department, Abel Castaneda serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $118,084.
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Ylber Jakupi is a Police Officer at Police Department. 2025 total compensation came to $116,738.
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At Police Department, Jonathan Hedges serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $116,635.
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At Police Department, Antawan Robertson serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $116,333.
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Jacob Ditzler works as a Police Officer for Police Department. Jacob earned $115,767 in 2025.
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Andrew Seale is a Police Officer at Police Department. 2025 total compensation came to $115,482.
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Nicholas Sarver is a Police Officer at Police Department. 2025 total compensation came to $115,397.
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At Police Department, Jordan Austin serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $114,787.
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Dmitriy Zhurba holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $114,704.
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Armin Geaschel holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $114,330.
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At Police Department, Mariel Ramos serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $114,053.