Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary in San Diego, CA

Estimates come from the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in San Diego, CA is $110,400, 45% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and San Diego sits within the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area, Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers pay runs from $78,010 to $151,960 a year, with about 5.0K people employed.

Median annual

$110,400

Median hourly

$53

Average annual

$108,770

Employed in metro

5.0K

Pay distribution

10th$78,010

25th$82,360

Median$110,400

75th$123,700

90th$151,960

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $53.08
Daily: $425
Weekly: $2,123
Bi-weekly: $4,246
Monthly: $9,200
Annual: $110,400

$110,400 a year is around the 50th percentile for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officerss in San Diego, CA. The median is $110,400.

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$37.50	$78,010
25th percentile	$39.60	$82,360
Median	$53.10	$110,400
75th percentile	$59.50	$123,700
90th percentile	$73.10	$151,960
Average (mean)	$52.30	$108,770
Employment	4,950 people

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Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in other metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$136,140
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$132,000
Carson City, NV$131,210
Vallejo, CA$129,900
Napa, CA$127,310
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$125,910
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$122,970
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$121,980