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Huntington Park 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.
Huntington Park Police Department starts at $89,652 a year — about $43.10 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $21,262 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $18,388 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $80,972 somewhere at average prices — $8,680 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 isHuntington Park Police Department reported 49 sworn officers and 39 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 51,552.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 Huntington Park says about itself
The Huntington Park Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency serving a population of over 60,000 residents.
What Huntington Park does
The Huntington Park Police Department states that it is dedicated to service through excellence in performance and uses community-police teamwork, traditional values, and innovative techniques to provide a safe environment. Its listed divisions are Administration, Investigations, Field Operations, and Support Services.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 14 August 2026. City of Huntington Park — Police Officer (Lateral/Academy Graduate) — open the source document
Revision Date May 06, 2026 | Class: Police Officer (Lateral/Academy Graduate) | Post-academy: yes — the class specification expressly includes California Academy Graduate (Pre-Service) and identifies this as a sworn police position | Specific employer class specification publishes $89,652.00-$110,076.00 annually and expressly includes California Academy Graduate (Pre-Service).
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 Huntington Park 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. Huntington Park starts at $89,652, so $18,365 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Huntington Park Police Department officer make?
Huntington Park Police Department starts a new officer on $89,652 a year, about $43.10 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 Huntington Park — Police Officer (Lateral/Academy Graduate).
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #145 of 222 agencies we have verified in California — 77 pay less, 144 pay more in the state — and #221 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $21,262 above, and against other municipal agencies $18,388 above.
Compare with another department
Put Huntington Park 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 Huntington | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$73,967 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$59,791 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$58,290 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$54,351 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$53,444 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$51,372 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$50,088 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$49,313 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$48,609 | #9 |
| 10 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$42,611 | #10 |
| 11 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$42,384 | #11 |
| 12 | Campbell Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $131,747 | +$42,095 | #12 |
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