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Anaheim 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.
Anaheim Police Department starts at $95,243 a year — about $45.79 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $28,558 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $27,103 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA run about 14% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $83,866 somewhere at average prices — $11,377 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 170 against a national average of 100, where goods are 107. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isAnaheim Police Department reported 439 sworn officers and 154 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 344,040.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 Anaheim says about itself
At the Anaheim Police Department, our top priority is protecting Anaheim, ensuring Anaheim remains a safe place to live, work, and play. We are committed to providing professional service to everyone in our community, guided by integrity, accountability, and respect. Our officers and staff work every day to build and preserve the trust of our community, respond to challenges, and protect the quality of life that makes Anaheim such a special place.
What Anaheim does
Anaheim's official Police Officer classification states that officers protect life and property and provide service to the public through community policing and collaborative problem solving. Duties include patrol, response to calls for police service, investigations, lawful stops, searches, detentions, citations and arrests, evidence handling, traffic-collision response and court testimony
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Anaheim official Police Officer class specificati — open the source document
Current official Police Officer class specification lists $45.79/hour = $95,243.20 annually at the minimum. The City separately classifies Police Officer Trainee as non-sworn and states trainees become eligible for promotion to probationary Police Officer only after successful POST academy completion; therefore trainee pay is 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.
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How this level compares
Where Anaheim 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. Anaheim starts at $95,243, so $27,103 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Anaheim Police Department officer make?
Anaheim Police Department starts a new officer on $95,243 a year, about $45.79 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 City of Anaheim official Police Officer class specificati.
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #152 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 126 pay less, 151 pay more in the state — and #181 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $28,558 above, and against other municipal agencies $27,103 above.
Compare with another department
Put Anaheim 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 CA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Anaheim | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$68,376 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$54,200 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$52,699 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$48,760 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$47,853 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$45,781 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$44,497 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$43,722 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$43,018 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$37,150 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$37,020 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$36,793 | #12 |
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