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Antigo Police Department entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Antigo Police Department starts at $59,631 a year — about $28.67 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,054 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $8,509 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Wisconsin run about 6% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $63,373 would somewhere at average prices — $3,742 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 79 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isAntigo Police Department reported 14 sworn officers and 3 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 8,102.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Antigo says about itself
The Antigo Police Department serves the City of Antigo within Langlade County, working closely with the Langlade County Sheriff's Office through a joint Special Response Team and with regional drug enforcement task forces. Its officers hold specialist roles including death investigator and narcotics investigator, and the department is represented on the Langlade County Drug Endangered Children's Program. The Langlade County Sheriff's Office states that it works closely with other public safety partners such as the City of Antigo Police Department as well as numerous fire departments and emergency medical services in Langlade County.
What Antigo does
Antigo Police Officers protect life and property, prevent and investigate crime, apprehend criminals, direct traffic and provide public-safety services.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled City of Antigo NEOGOV Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 4 May 2026.
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
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How this level compares
Where Antigo sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Antigo starts at $59,631, so $8,509 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Antigo Police Department officer make?
Antigo Police Department starts a new officer on $59,631 a year, about $28.67 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from employer-controlled City of Antigo NEOGOV Police Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wisconsin?
It ranks #75 of 81 agencies we have verified in Wisconsin — 6 pay less, 74 pay more in the state — and #1,602 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,054 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,509 below.
Compare with another department
Put Antigo Police Department side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in WI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Antigo | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menomonee Falls Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $82,618 | +$22,987 | #414 |
| 2 | Fitchburg Police Department | Municipal | 50 | $78,790 | +$19,159 | #527 |
| 3 | Brookfield Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $78,666 | +$19,035 | #533 |
| 4 | Cedarburg Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $77,561 | +$17,930 | #571 |
| 5 | Stoughton Police Department | Municipal | 23 | $76,378 | +$16,747 | #607 |
| 6 | Waukesha County Sheriff's Office | County | 158 | $76,128 | +$16,497 | #614 |
| 7 | River Falls Police Department | Municipal | 27 | $75,525 | +$15,894 | #647 |
| 8 | Wisconsin State Patrol | State | 445 | $75,462 | +$15,831 | #650 |
| 9 | Grafton Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $75,102 | +$15,471 | #672 |
| 10 | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | County | 64 | $75,088 | +$15,457 | #673 |
| 11 | St. Croix County Sheriff's Office | County | 98 | $74,695 | +$15,064 | #688 |
| 12 | Kenosha Police Department | Municipal | 231 | $74,640 | +$15,009 | #692 |
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