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Greendale 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.
Greendale Police Department starts at $67,585 a year — about $32.49 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $901 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $555 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 $71,827 would somewhere at average prices — $4,241 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 isGreendale Police Department reported 30 sworn officers and 10 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 14,351.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 Greendale says about itself
The Greendale Police Department is committed to partnering with the community to achieve its mission of preserving peace, reducing fear, and making Greendale a safe place to live, work, shop, and play. The members of the department are committed to ensuring and enhancing the quality of life in the Village of Greendale, and we will settle for nothing less than continuous improvement. Here at the Greendale Police Department, perfection is not our goal: service, honour and excellence is.
What Greendale does
Greendale Police Department serves one of only three Greenbelt towns built in the United States, a Milwaukee County village laid out on the garden city model in 1936 under the New Deal. Its first police force was formed that same year to guard building materials during construction, and grew as residents arrived from 1938. Today it runs around 30 sworn staff and 10 dispatchers, most recruited with prior service elsewhere, and fields its share of a joint SWAT and negotiator team with neighbouring Franklin and Hales Corners.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $67,585.42 annual starting pay Current official recruitment reviewed under the project definition; trainee/lateral-only pay was not substituted. — open the source document
$67,585.42 annual starting pay Current official recruitment reviewed under the project definition; trainee/lateral-only pay was not 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.
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How this level compares
Where Greendale 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. Greendale starts at $67,585, so $555 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Greendale Police Department officer make?
Greendale Police Department starts a new officer on $67,585 a year, about $32.49 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 $67,585.42 annual starting pay Current official recruitment reviewed under the project definition; trainee/lateral-only pay was not substituted..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wisconsin?
It ranks #40 of 81 agencies we have verified in Wisconsin — 41 pay less, 39 pay more in the state — and #1,091 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $901 above, and against other municipal agencies $555 below.
Compare with another department
Put Greendale 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 Greendale | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menomonee Falls Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $82,618 | +$15,032 | #414 |
| 2 | Fitchburg Police Department | Municipal | 50 | $78,790 | +$11,205 | #527 |
| 3 | Brookfield Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $78,666 | +$11,080 | #533 |
| 4 | Cedarburg Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $77,561 | +$9,976 | #571 |
| 5 | Stoughton Police Department | Municipal | 23 | $76,378 | +$8,792 | #607 |
| 6 | Waukesha County Sheriff's Office | County | 158 | $76,128 | +$8,543 | #614 |
| 7 | River Falls Police Department | Municipal | 27 | $75,525 | +$7,939 | #647 |
| 8 | Wisconsin State Patrol | State | 445 | $75,462 | +$7,877 | #650 |
| 9 | Grafton Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $75,102 | +$7,517 | #672 |
| 10 | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | County | 64 | $75,088 | +$7,503 | #673 |
| 11 | St. Croix County Sheriff's Office | County | 98 | $74,695 | +$7,110 | #688 |
| 12 | Kenosha Police Department | Municipal | 231 | $74,640 | +$7,055 | #692 |
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