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Town of 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.
Town of Beloit Police Department starts at $57,365 a year — about $27.58 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $9,902 below the median of the 2,053 agencies on this list, and $11,421 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 $60,965 would somewhere at average prices — $3,600 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 isTown of Beloit 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 Town of Beloit says about itself
The Town of Beloit Police Department is dedicated to excellent police service through community partnerships that promote open communication, reduce crime, create a safe environment, build trust, and enhance the quality of life in our community. We are committed to delivering quality service in an effective, responsive, and professional manner. The Town of Beloit Police Department strives to provide impartial, ethical, and professional law enforcement services in an efficient and effective manner, and works cooperatively with members of the community, surrounding communities, and surrounding law-enforcement agencies to preserve peace, reduce fear, and ensure the safety and protection of those who reside, work, visit, or travel through the Town. The department is comprised of 15 full-time sworn officers and 1 part-time sworn officer, and employs 2 full-time and 2 part-time non-sworn civilian employees who assist officers in providing service to the Town. Patrol officers work 8.5 hours per day on a 5/2/5/3 work schedule. The Town of Beloit Police Department patrols approximately 27 square miles to the north and west of the City of Beloit; the patrol area is a mix of urban and rural neighbourhoods, and the police department serves approximately 8,000 town residents as well as several thousand additional daily commuters traveling through the community.
What Town of Beloit does
Town of Beloit Police Department polices a Wisconsin town of about 7,700 in Rock County, immediately north and west of the City of Beloit, which has its own separate department. It patrols roughly 27 square miles of mixed urban and rural neighbourhoods with 15 full-time sworn officers, and serves several thousand daily commuters on top of its residents. Patrol officers work 8.5-hour days on a 5-2-5-3 cycle across three shifts, choosing shift and color group once a year by seniority, and the department runs seven squad cars and a patrol boat. The department works from 1133 East Inman Parkway, with the records counter open Monday to Friday from 7am to 3.30pm.
Town of Beloit’s rotation, in BlueShifts
All full-time officers assigned to patrol shall have a standard work week that consists of five (5) days on duty followed by two (2) days off duty, followed by five (5) days on duty followed by three (3) days off duty, repeating in that sequence. An officer's standard work day shall be eight and one-half (8.5) hours in length. All officers shall be assigned to a specific shift and color group. Once a year, in November, shifts shall be selected by each officer and sergeant on the basis of seniority for the following calendar year.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 25 August 2026. $27.69/hour, 0-12 month hire step, Article 26 wage scale; annualised at the agreement's own 2,071.68 annual hours (Article 19(E)). — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 January 2026.
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 Town of 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 | $68,786 | $163,619 | 1372 |
| County | $35,000 | $64,438 | $132,263 | 459 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,400 | $110,916 | 144 |
| 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 $4,700 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,100 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Town of Beloit starts at $57,365, so $11,421 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Town of Beloit Police Department officer make?
Town of Beloit Police Department starts a new officer on $57,365 a year, about $27.58 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 $27.69/hour, 0-12 month hire step, Article 26 wage scale; annualised at the agreement's own 2,071.68 annual hours (Article 19(E))..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wisconsin?
It ranks #77 of 79 agencies we have verified in Wisconsin — 2 pay less, 76 pay more in the state — and #1,578 of 2,053 nationally. Against the national median it is $9,902 below, and against other municipal agencies $11,421 below.
What shifts do Town of Beloit Police Department officers work?
All full-time officers assigned to patrol shall have a standard work week that consists of five (5) days on duty followed by two (2) days off duty, followed by five (5) days on duty followed by three (3) days off duty, repeating in that sequence. An officer's standard work day shall be eight and one-half (8.5) hours in length. All officers shall be assigned to a specific shift and color group. Once a year, in November, shifts shall be selected by each officer and sergeant on the basis of seniority for the following calendar year. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Town of 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 Town | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menomonee Falls Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $82,618 | +$25,253 | #373 |
| 2 | Fitchburg Police Department | Municipal | 50 | $78,790 | +$21,425 | #480 |
| 3 | Brookfield Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $78,666 | +$21,301 | #486 |
| 4 | Cedarburg Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $77,561 | +$20,196 | #522 |
| 5 | Stoughton Police Department | Municipal | 23 | $76,378 | +$19,013 | #555 |
| 6 | Waukesha County Sheriff's Office | County | 158 | $76,128 | +$18,763 | #562 |
| 7 | River Falls Police Department | Municipal | 27 | $75,525 | +$18,160 | #594 |
| 8 | Wisconsin State Patrol | State | 445 | $75,462 | +$18,097 | #597 |
| 9 | Grafton Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $75,102 | +$17,737 | #619 |
| 10 | Dodge County Sheriff's Office | County | 64 | $75,088 | +$17,723 | #620 |
| 11 | St. Croix County Sheriff's Office | County | 98 | $74,695 | +$17,330 | #633 |
| 12 | Kenosha Police Department | Municipal | 231 | $74,640 | +$17,275 | #637 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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