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Manteca 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.
Manteca Police Department starts at $97,993 a year — about $47.11 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $31,308 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $29,853 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $88,505 somewhere at average prices — $9,488 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 isManteca Police Department reported 81 sworn officers and 37 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 97,039.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 Manteca says about itself
The Manteca Police Department is organized into a clear leadership structure designed to provide effective supervision, accountability, and service to the community.
What Manteca does
The Manteca Police Department serves the City of Manteca in San Joaquin County, California.
Manteca’s rotation, in BlueShifts
"Employees of this unit are assigned to the 4/10 work schedule consisting of 10-hour workdays for four days out of the designated seven-day work period/work week. The seven-day work period under Section 7(k) of the FLSA shall run from 12:01 a.m. Monday through 12:00 a.m. Sunday." Twenty-four hours' notice is required before an officer's regular hours are changed.
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September 2026
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Manteca MPOA Salary Matrix by Position, Police Officer range 38A-2, step A — open the source document
Effective 1 July 2026; $47.1102 an hour, printed by the City as $97,993.05 a year. The matrix notes that the figure includes the 4% base salary increase effective that day.
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 Manteca 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. Manteca starts at $97,993, so $29,853 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Manteca Police Department officer make?
Manteca Police Department starts a new officer on $97,993 a year, about $47.11 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 Manteca MPOA Salary Matrix by Position, Police Officer range 38A-2, step A.
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #134 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 144 pay less, 133 pay more in the state — and #152 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $31,308 above, and against other municipal agencies $29,853 above.
What shifts do Manteca Police Department officers work?
"Employees of this unit are assigned to the 4/10 work schedule consisting of 10-hour workdays for four days out of the designated seven-day work period/work week. The seven-day work period under Section 7(k) of the FLSA shall run from 12:01 a.m. Monday through 12:00 a.m. Sunday." Twenty-four hours' notice is required before an officer's regular hours are changed. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Manteca 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 Manteca | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$65,626 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$51,450 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$49,949 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$46,010 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$45,103 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$43,031 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$41,747 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$40,972 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$40,268 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$34,401 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$34,270 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$34,043 | #12 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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