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San Ramon 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.
San Ramon Police Department starts at $126,984 a year — about $61.05 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $58,594 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $55,720 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA run about 16% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $109,835 somewhere at average prices — $17,149 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 195 against a national average of 100, where goods are 108. 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 isSan Ramon Police Department reported 66 sworn officers and 14 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 85,810.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 San Ramon says about itself
The San Ramon Police Department is committed to providing the highest quality police service to those who live and work in the City of San Ramon. We work in collaboration with the community and strive to maintain the highest level of public safety with the goal of maintaining the quality of life expected within the City of San Ramon.
What San Ramon does
San Ramon Police Department serves a Contra Costa County city in the East Bay's San Ramon Valley. The department states its aim as cultivating public trust by respecting individual rights and being fair, just and responsive to the needs of the community, and sets out a vision of leading the profession through effective policing methods and lasting relationships with neighbourhoods, schools and businesses, so that public safety concerns can be anticipated rather than only answered.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of San Ramon official Police Off | COMPLETED THE 8 AUG TRUNCATION: the row ended '../our_city/departments_and_'. The full path was confirmed live earlier today while fixing this agency's DESCRIPTION citation, which had the identical truncated string. NOTE THIS IS THE ABOUT PAGE, NOT A SALARY PAGE - it is the agency's own site and the domain is right, but a salary schedule would be a better pay citation if one is ever found. — open the source document
Current official entry/post-academy Police Officer minimum verified 8 August 2026; annual base $126,984.00. Prior-experience placement, bonuses, incentives, overtime, differentials, and add-ons excluded
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 San Ramon 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. San Ramon starts at $126,984, so $55,697 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a San Ramon Police Department officer make?
San Ramon Police Department starts a new officer on $126,984 a year, about $61.05 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 San Ramon official Police Off | COMPLETED THE 8 AUG TRUNCATION: the row ended '../our_city/departments_and_'. The full path was confirmed live earlier today while fixing this agency's DESCRIPTION citation, which had the identical truncated string. NOTE THIS IS THE ABOUT PAGE, NOT A SALARY PAGE - it is the agency's own site and the domain is right, but a salary schedule would be a better pay citation if one is ever found..
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #17 of 222 agencies we have verified in California — 205 pay less, 16 pay more in the state — and #17 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $58,594 above, and against other municipal agencies $55,720 above.
Compare with another department
Put San Ramon 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 San | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$36,635 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$22,459 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$20,958 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$17,019 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$16,112 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$14,040 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$12,756 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$11,981 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$11,277 | #9 |
| 10 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$5,279 | #10 |
| 11 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$5,052 | #11 |
| 12 | Campbell Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $131,747 | +$4,763 | #12 |
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