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Windsor 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.
Windsor Police Department starts at $63,086 a year — about $30.33 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,304 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,178 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Colorado run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $61,218 somewhere at average prices — $1,868 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 127 against a national average of 100, where goods are 99. 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 isWindsor Police Department reported 50 sworn officers and 13 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 44,183.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 Windsor says about itself
The Windsor Police Department is committed to protecting the community by reducing crime, reducing the fear of crime, and building trust through consistent, high-quality service.
What Windsor does
Windsor Police Officer academy hires enter the Town's municipal Police Department through POST academy preparation. The position is designed to develop candidates for sworn law-enforcement service protecting the community, enforcing laws and performing patrol and public-safety responsibilities
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Town of Windsor official 2026 Police — open the source document
Opened 9 January 2026; official minimum $30.33/hour = $63,086.40 annually. The recruitment is for the August 2026 POST academy and provides a regular academy-entry route. Higher range placement and add-ons are excluded
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 Windsor 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. Windsor starts at $63,086, so $8,201 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Windsor Police Department officer make?
Windsor Police Department starts a new officer on $63,086 a year, about $30.33 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 Town of Windsor official 2026 Police.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Colorado?
It ranks #30 of 35 agencies we have verified in Colorado — 5 pay less, 29 pay more in the state — and #1,106 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,304 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,178 below.
Compare with another department
Put Windsor 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 CO
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Windsor | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado State Patrol | State | 706 | $91,620 | +$28,534 | #184 |
| 2 | Parker Police Department | Municipal | 89 | $89,898 | +$26,812 | #217 |
| 3 | Johnstown Police Department | Municipal | 26 | $86,944 | +$23,858 | #266 |
| 4 | Broomfield Police Department | Municipal | 135 | $86,029 | +$22,942 | #278 |
| 5 | Golden Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $85,321 | +$22,235 | #287 |
| 6 | Lakewood Police Department | Municipal | 274 | $85,093 | +$22,006 | #291 |
| 7 | Breckenridge Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $83,990 | +$20,904 | #310 |
| 8 | Thornton Police Department | Municipal | 243 | $82,992 | +$19,906 | #332 |
| 9 | Commerce City Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $82,327 | +$19,241 | #341 |
| 10 | Larimer County Sheriff's Office | County | 228 | $81,765 | +$18,678 | #353 |
| 11 | Westminster Police Department | Municipal | 187 | $80,746 | +$17,659 | #387 |
| 12 | Boulder County Sheriff's Office | County | 106 | $80,496 | +$17,410 | #395 |
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