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Oak Park 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.
Oak Park Police Department starts at $92,716 a year — about $44.58 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $26,031 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $24,576 above the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isOak Park Police Department reported 91 sworn officers and 16 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 52,550.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 Oak Park says about itself
The mission of the Oak Park Police Department is to provide high-quality law enforcement services that are accessible to all members of the community.
What Oak Park does
The Oak Park Police Department serves the Village of Oak Park in Cook County, Illinois.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. Village of Oak Park, Police Officer Jobs page, entry-level salary — open the source document
No effective date on the page, read 20 September 2026. $92,716 entry level, $124,604 after four years; lateral hires $112,967. The $4,000 signing bonus is not included.
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 Oak Park 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. Oak Park starts at $92,716, so $24,576 above the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Oak Park Police Department officer make?
Oak Park Police Department starts a new officer on $92,716 a year, about $44.58 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 Village of Oak Park, Police Officer Jobs page, entry-level salary.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Illinois?
It ranks #3 of 43 agencies we have verified in Illinois — 40 pay less, 2 pay more in the state — and #214 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $26,031 above, and against other municipal agencies $24,576 above.
Compare with another department
Put Oak Park 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 Oak | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon Hills Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $94,460 | +$1,744 | #192 |
| 2 | Wilmette Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $93,156 | +$440 | #207 |
| 4 | Skokie Police Department | Municipal | 102 | $92,405 | −$311 | #219 |
| 5 | Aurora Police Department | Municipal | 328 | $92,248 | −$468 | #223 |
| 6 | Des Plaines Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $91,440 | −$1,276 | #235 |
| 7 | Highland Park Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $91,158 | −$1,558 | #240 |
| 8 | Naperville Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $90,965 | −$1,751 | #246 |
| 9 | Illinois State Police | State | 1,821 | $90,828 | −$1,888 | #251 |
| 10 | River Forest Police Department | Municipal | 26 | $90,106 | −$2,610 | #267 |
| 11 | Evanston Police Department | Municipal | 140 | $88,656 | −$4,060 | #292 |
| 12 | Elgin Police Department | Municipal | 203 | $88,274 | −$4,442 | #301 |
| 13 | Lake County Sheriff's Office | County | 113 | $87,297 | −$5,419 | #318 |
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