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Geneva 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.
Geneva Police Department starts at $80,613 a year — about $38.76 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,223 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $9,349 above the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isGeneva Police Department reported 38 sworn officers and 12 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 21,126.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 Geneva says about itself
The Geneva Police Department is dedicated to preventing and fighting crime through the utilization of the latest law enforcement practices and technology. Members of our department work in collaboration with our community, City entities, and other public service protection organizations to preserve the well-being of Geneva residents and visitors.
What Geneva does
Geneva PD is a professional, community-focused agency using modern law-enforcement practices and partnerships to protect the community; officer duties include patrol, investigation, enforcement and crime prevention.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $80,613 annual minimum. Official City 2026 Police Officer recruitment publishes $80,613-$120,841 annually. — open the source document
Opening March 16, 2026. $80,613 annual minimum. Official City 2026 Police Officer recruitment publishes $80,613-$120,841 annually. The recruitment is for Police Officer and describes a municipal-police career; no recruit/cadet wage was substituted.
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.
How this level compares
Where Geneva 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 | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| 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 $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Geneva starts at $80,613, so $9,326 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Geneva Police Department officer make?
Geneva Police Department starts a new officer on $80,613 a year, about $38.76 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 $80,613 annual minimum. Official City 2026 Police Officer recruitment publishes $80,613-$120,841 annually..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Illinois?
It ranks #16 of 35 agencies we have verified in Illinois — 19 pay less, 15 pay more in the state — and #389 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,223 above, and against other municipal agencies $9,349 above.
Compare with another department
Put Geneva 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 IL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Geneva | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon Hills Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $94,460 | +$13,847 | #151 |
| 2 | Wilmette Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $93,156 | +$12,543 | #165 |
| 3 | Aurora Police Department | Municipal | 328 | $92,248 | +$11,635 | #176 |
| 4 | Des Plaines Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $91,440 | +$10,827 | #186 |
| 5 | Highland Park Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $91,158 | +$10,545 | #191 |
| 6 | Illinois State Police | State | 1,821 | $90,828 | +$10,215 | #199 |
| 7 | River Forest Police Department | Municipal | 26 | $90,106 | +$9,493 | #213 |
| 8 | Elgin Police Department | Municipal | 203 | $88,274 | +$7,661 | #245 |
| 9 | Lake County Sheriff's Office | County | 113 | $87,297 | +$6,684 | #259 |
| 10 | Woodridge Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $84,781 | +$4,168 | #294 |
| 11 | DeKalb Police Department | Municipal | 72 | $83,449 | +$2,836 | #326 |
| 12 | Rolling Meadows Police Department | Municipal | 49 | $81,439 | +$826 | #362 |
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