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Beloit 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.
Beloit Police Department starts at $64,896 a year — about $31.20 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,789 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $3,244 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Janesville-Beloit, WI run about 6% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $69,257 would somewhere at average prices — $4,361 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 80 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isBeloit Police Department reported 62 sworn officers and 12 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 36,611.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 Beloit says about itself
The mission of the Beloit Police Department is to create safe neighbourhoods by reducing crime, fear, and disorder through community collaboration using honourable, progressive policing, and its vision is a community free of crime built on trust and unity. Its values include guardianship - we will guard, protect, and preserve all life and property in the Beloit community as well as each other - together with unity, adaptability, respect, dedication and integrity. The department has an authorized sworn staff of 74 officers and 21 non-sworn staff serving a population of 36,925 across 16.4 square miles.
What Beloit does
Beloit Police protect lives, property and rights, enforce Wisconsin law and City ordinances, and prevent criminal activity and disorder.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $31.20/hour ($64,896 annualized at 2,080 hours). — open the source document
Opening date June 15, 2026. $31.20/hour ($64,896 annualized at 2,080 hours). Current official City recruitment is specifically Police Officer - Academy Needed, accepts candidates who still need Wisconsin Basic Law Enforcement Academy training, separates experienced certified candidates from this entry r
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 Beloit 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. Beloit starts at $64,896, so $3,244 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Beloit Police Department officer make?
Beloit Police Department starts a new officer on $64,896 a year, about $31.20 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 $31.20/hour ($64,896 annualized at 2,080 hours)..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wisconsin?
It ranks #57 of 81 agencies we have verified in Wisconsin — 24 pay less, 56 pay more in the state — and #1,272 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,789 below, and against other municipal agencies $3,244 below.
Compare with another department
Put Beloit 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 Beloit | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menomonee Falls Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $82,618 | +$17,722 | #414 |
| 2 | Fitchburg Police Department | Municipal | 50 | $78,790 | +$13,894 | #527 |
| 3 | Brookfield Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $78,666 | +$13,770 | #533 |
| 4 | Cedarburg Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $77,561 | +$12,665 | #571 |
| 5 | Stoughton Police Department | Municipal | 23 | $76,378 | +$11,482 | #607 |
| 6 | Waukesha County Sheriff's Office | County | 158 | $76,128 | +$11,232 | #614 |
| 7 | River Falls Police Department | Municipal | 27 | $75,525 | +$10,629 | #647 |
| 8 | Wisconsin State Patrol | State | 445 | $75,462 | +$10,566 | #650 |
| 9 | Grafton Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $75,102 | +$10,206 | #672 |
| 10 | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | County | 64 | $75,088 | +$10,192 | #673 |
| 11 | St. Croix County Sheriff's Office | County | 98 | $74,695 | +$9,799 | #688 |
| 12 | Kenosha Police Department | Municipal | 231 | $74,640 | +$9,744 | #692 |
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