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Woodridge 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.
Woodridge Police Department starts at $84,781 a year — about $40.76 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $16,391 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $13,517 above the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isWoodridge Police Department reported 47 sworn officers and 12 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 34,100.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 Woodridge says about itself
Our mission statement is to provide dedicated professional service and impartial law enforcement in an active partnership with the citizens of the Village of Woodridge to achieve a higher quality of life for all.
What Woodridge does
Woodridge Police Department provides full-service municipal policing through patrol, investigations, traffic enforcement, crime prevention and community-oriented programs. Official Village materials emphasize professional service, public safety, accountability and partnerships with residents and businesses
Shifts at Woodridge
The Police Department utilises 12-hour shifts for the Sergeants and Patrol Officers within the Patrol Division, which comprises 1 Deputy Chief, 4 Sergeants and 33 Patrol Officers.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Village of Woodridge official Entry — open the source document
Opened 25 June 2026; official annual minimum $84,780.80
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 Woodridge 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. Woodridge starts at $84,781, so $13,494 above the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Woodridge Police Department officer make?
Woodridge Police Department starts a new officer on $84,781 a year, about $40.76 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 Village of Woodridge official Entry.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Illinois?
It ranks #10 of 35 agencies we have verified in Illinois — 25 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #294 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $16,391 above, and against other municipal agencies $13,517 above.
What shifts do Woodridge Police Department officers work?
The Police Department utilises 12-hour shifts for the Sergeants and Patrol Officers within the Patrol Division, which comprises 1 Deputy Chief, 4 Sergeants and 33 Patrol Officers. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Woodridge 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 Woodridge | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon Hills Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $94,460 | +$9,679 | #151 |
| 2 | Wilmette Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $93,156 | +$8,375 | #165 |
| 3 | Aurora Police Department | Municipal | 328 | $92,248 | +$7,467 | #176 |
| 4 | Des Plaines Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $91,440 | +$6,659 | #186 |
| 5 | Highland Park Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $91,158 | +$6,377 | #191 |
| 6 | Illinois State Police | State | 1,821 | $90,828 | +$6,047 | #199 |
| 7 | River Forest Police Department | Municipal | 26 | $90,106 | +$5,325 | #213 |
| 8 | Elgin Police Department | Municipal | 203 | $88,274 | +$3,493 | #245 |
| 9 | Lake County Sheriff's Office | County | 113 | $87,297 | +$2,516 | #259 |
| 11 | DeKalb Police Department | Municipal | 72 | $83,449 | −$1,332 | #326 |
| 12 | Rolling Meadows Police Department | Municipal | 49 | $81,439 | −$3,342 | #362 |
| 13 | Bloomington Police Department | Municipal | — | $81,304 | −$3,477 | #368 |
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