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Rocklin 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.
Rocklin Police Department starts at $94,734 a year — about $45.55 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $28,049 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $26,594 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $85,562 somewhere at average prices — $9,172 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 isRocklin Police Department reported 65 sworn officers and 24 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 75,993.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 Rocklin says about itself
The Rocklin Police Department is committed to serve, protect, and promote a safe community.
What Rocklin does
The Rocklin Police Department serves the city of Rocklin, California, in Placer County north-east of Sacramento. Its sworn officers are represented by the Rocklin Police Officers Association, and the City's published police salary schedule carries a Police Officer Trainee class on a single flat rate beneath a ten-step Police Officer range. Patrol is worked on two arrangements set by the association agreement, a four-day ten-hour plan and a three-day twelve-and-a-half-hour plan.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 21 September 2026. City of Rocklin Police Salary Schedule effective 18 October 2025 — Police Officer, class SP 2, Step 1: $94,734 annual. — open the source document
$94,734 is the City's own annual figure for Step 1 of class SP 2 and no arithmetic has been applied to it. The ten-step range runs to $129,112 and that top is a ceiling, not a second entry rate. THE TRAINEE CLASS IS ON THE SAME SCHEDULE AND IS DELIBERATELY NOT THE FIGURE, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THIS ONE CLEAN: "Police Officer Trainee", class NSP8, carries a single rate with no steps at $58,362 annual, sitting beside Police Officer Step 1 at $94,734 on the same document with the same effective date. One page, both classes, no ambiguity. THE FIGURE IS DATED BY THE SCHEDULE ITSELF, 18 October 2025.
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 Rocklin 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. Rocklin starts at $94,734, so $26,594 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Rocklin Police Department officer make?
Rocklin Police Department starts a new officer on $94,734 a year, about $45.55 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 Rocklin Police Salary Schedule effective 18 October 2025 — Police Officer, class SP 2, Step 1: $94,734 annual..
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #155 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 123 pay less, 154 pay more in the state — and #186 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $28,049 above, and against other municipal agencies $26,594 above.
Compare with another department
Put Rocklin 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 Rocklin | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$68,885 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$54,709 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$53,208 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$49,269 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$48,362 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$46,290 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$45,006 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$44,231 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$43,527 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$37,660 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$37,529 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$37,302 | #12 |
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