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Glendora 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.
Glendora Police Department starts at $98,179 a year — about $47.20 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $31,494 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $30,039 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $88,673 somewhere at average prices — $9,506 less than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 159 against a national average of 100, where goods are 106. 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 isGlendora Police Department reported 53 sworn officers and 33 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 49,541.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 Glendora says about itself
The Glendora Police Department's primary mission is to enhance the safety and security of the community by providing professional, frontline law enforcement services.
What Glendora does
The Glendora Police Department serves the City of Glendora in Los Angeles County, California.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Glendora salary schedule, Police Officers Association, Police Officer Step 1 — open the source document
Effective 6 July 2026, revised 9 June 2026, carrying a 4% increase; $8,181.59 a month on the schedule's approximate-monthly basis, annualised at twelve months. The Police Officer Trainee class sits under the AFSCME schedule at $5,714.43 a month and is not this figure.
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 Glendora 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. Glendora starts at $98,179, so $30,039 above the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Glendora Police Department officer make?
Glendora Police Department starts a new officer on $98,179 a year, about $47.20 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 Glendora salary schedule, Police Officers Association, Police Officer Step 1.
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #131 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 147 pay less, 130 pay more in the state — and #148 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $31,494 above, and against other municipal agencies $30,039 above.
Compare with another department
Put Glendora 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 Glendora | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$65,440 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$51,264 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$49,763 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$45,824 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$44,917 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$42,845 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$41,561 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$40,786 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$40,082 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$34,215 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$34,084 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$33,857 | #12 |
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