City of Springfield, MA / Cp16 / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
102 employees hold this title in Cp16. Median total compensation for the role is $94,688, above the department median of $94,068.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 102 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 Springfield, MA area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 1,570 people — is $83,050. Cp16 pays a median base salary of $96,731 for this role, 16% above that figure — about the 77th 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 Springfield, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cp16’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. Cp16’s median base salary is 27% above that national figure, about the 74th 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 Springfield, MA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 97 of 102 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 Cp16 is $94,688, 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 departments
Police Officer is held in 26 City of Springfield, MA departments. In Cp16, the median of $94,688 ranks #20 of 26.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other City of Springfield, MAdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Springfield, MA, the median of $96,813 ranks #17 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Springfield, MA →
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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Nestor Santos works as a Police Officer for Cp16. Nestor earned $135,247 in 2025.
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At Cp16, Thomas Thans serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $134,513.
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At Cp16, Nishawn Jones serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $134,196.
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Kimberley Ledgister is a Police Officer at Cp16. 2025 total compensation came to $130,316.
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At Cp16, Shelley Whitley serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $129,398.
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Javier Calderon works as a Police Officer for Cp16. Javier earned $129,385 in 2025.
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Rolando Nunez works as a Police Officer for Cp16. Rolando earned $128,696 in 2025.
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Stanley Clerge holds the role of Police Officer at Cp16. In 2025, their total compensation was $127,489.
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At Cp16, Rodrigo Bustillo serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $127,415.
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Aisha Gonzalez is a Police Officer at Cp16. 2025 total compensation came to $127,036.