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Elkhorn 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.
Elkhorn Police Department starts at $67,596 a year — about $32.50 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $911 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $544 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 $71,838 would somewhere at average prices — $4,242 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 isElkhorn Police Department reported 12 sworn officers and 2 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 10,086.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 Elkhorn says about itself
The primary mission of the Elkhorn Police Department is to provide proactive and professional law enforcement services. The department is on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and its community programmes include Coffee with a Cop, a national movement that aims to build trust between community members and police officers one cup of coffee at a time, removing the physical barriers that routinely exist between police officers and community members and allowing for the relaxed, one-on-one interactions which are necessary foundations of partnerships.
What Elkhorn does
Elkhorn Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement services focused on protecting life and property, preserving peace, preventing and investigating crime, enforcing traffic laws and serving the community. Official City materials emphasize professional police service, public safety and cooperation with residents and businesses
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Elkhorn of — open the source document
Opened 26 January 2026; official 2026 Start salary $67,596. Non-certified hires may receive no less than 75% while in academy, confirming $67,596 is the f
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 Elkhorn 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. Elkhorn starts at $67,596, so $544 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Elkhorn Police Department officer make?
Elkhorn Police Department starts a new officer on $67,596 a year, about $32.50 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 City of Elkhorn of.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wisconsin?
It ranks #39 of 81 agencies we have verified in Wisconsin — 42 pay less, 38 pay more in the state — and #1,090 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $911 above, and against other municipal agencies $544 below.
Compare with another department
Put Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menomonee Falls Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $82,618 | +$15,022 | #414 |
| 2 | Fitchburg Police Department | Municipal | 50 | $78,790 | +$11,194 | #527 |
| 3 | Brookfield Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $78,666 | +$11,070 | #533 |
| 4 | Cedarburg Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $77,561 | +$9,965 | #571 |
| 5 | Stoughton Police Department | Municipal | 23 | $76,378 | +$8,782 | #607 |
| 6 | Waukesha County Sheriff's Office | County | 158 | $76,128 | +$8,532 | #614 |
| 7 | River Falls Police Department | Municipal | 27 | $75,525 | +$7,929 | #647 |
| 8 | Wisconsin State Patrol | State | 445 | $75,462 | +$7,866 | #650 |
| 9 | Grafton Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $75,102 | +$7,506 | #672 |
| 10 | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | County | 64 | $75,088 | +$7,492 | #673 |
| 11 | St. Croix County Sheriff's Office | County | 98 | $74,695 | +$7,099 | #688 |
| 12 | Kenosha Police Department | Municipal | 231 | $74,640 | +$7,044 | #692 |
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