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Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety 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.
Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety starts at $90,504 a year — about $43.51 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $23,819 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $22,364 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $81,741 somewhere at average prices — $8,763 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 isRohnert Park Department of Public Safety reported 73 sworn officers and 27 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 45,002.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 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety says about itself
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety is dedicated to working collaboratively with the community to maintain trust and safety by providing professional service with compassion and integrity.
What Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety does
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety is the cross-trained police and fire agency for the City of Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Rohnert Park Pay Rates & Ranges, Public Safety Officer I (range 48PS) Step 1 — open the source document
Effective 23 February 2025; $43.51/hr, $7,541.99 a month. Rohnert Park cross-trains its sworn staff for police and fire: the entry sworn class is Public Safety Officer I, above the Public Safety Officer Trainee rate of $31.32/hr.
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.
Entry pay, 2022–2024
Every point is the entry-class annual base printed in the agency’s own pay document. Base pay only — no shift differential, incentives or allowances.
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How this level compares
Where Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety 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. Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety starts at $90,504, so $22,364 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety officer make?
Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety starts a new officer on $90,504 a year, about $43.51 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 Rohnert Park Pay Rates & Ranges, Public Safety Officer I (range 48PS) Step 1.
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #184 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 94 pay less, 183 pay more in the state — and #259 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $23,819 above, and against other municipal agencies $22,364 above.
Compare with another department
Put Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety 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 Rohnert | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$73,115 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$58,939 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$57,438 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$53,499 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$52,592 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$50,520 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$49,236 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$48,461 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$47,757 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$41,890 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$41,759 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$41,532 | #12 |
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