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Oxnard 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.
Oxnard Police Department starts at $94,003 a year — about $45.19 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $27,318 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $25,863 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $85,045 somewhere at average prices — $8,959 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 171 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. 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 isOxnard Police Department reported 232 sworn officers and 119 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 200,296.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 Oxnard says about itself
The Oxnard Police Department's mission statement is "Protecting Our Community With Exceptional Service." The department is a medium-sized municipal agency with 246 authorized sworn positions and 127 professional staff, and its mission is in line with the organization prioritizing community policing, neighborhood level problem solving, and community engagement.
What Oxnard does
Oxnard Police Department provides municipal law enforcement, and trains entry candidates through a POST-certified police academy before appointing them to Police Officer duties.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $45.1938/hour after successful Police Academy graduation, approximately $94,003.10 annually as stated by the City. — open the source document
$45.1938/hour after successful Police Academy graduation, approximately $94,003.10 annually as stated by the City. Official City recruitment separately states academy trainee pay of $34.9343/hour and successful Police Academy graduate pay of $45.1938-$67.7063/hour.
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 Oxnard 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. Oxnard starts at $94,003, so $25,863 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Oxnard Police Department officer make?
Oxnard Police Department starts a new officer on $94,003 a year, about $45.19 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 $45.1938/hour after successful Police Academy graduation, approximately $94,003.10 annually as stated by the City..
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #160 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 118 pay less, 159 pay more in the state — and #196 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $27,318 above, and against other municipal agencies $25,863 above.
Compare with another department
Put Oxnard 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 Oxnard | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$69,616 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$55,440 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$53,939 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$50,000 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$49,093 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$47,021 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$45,737 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$44,962 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$44,258 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$38,391 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$38,260 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$38,033 | #12 |
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