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Selma 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.
Selma Police Department starts at $70,858 a year — about $34.07 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,468 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $406 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $63,998 somewhere at average prices — $6,861 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 isSelma Police Department reported 33 sworn officers and 15 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 24,439.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 Selma says about itself
The Selma Police Department employees are committed to serving the community in a professional manner which promotes community involvement.
What Selma does
Selma Police Department says its vision is to partner with the community to create a safe environment for every citizen. Its mission is to serve and protect all citizens respectfully, compassionately and professionally while preserving human dignity. The department emphasizes strong community partnerships, teamwork, professional development, crime and traffic-injury prevention and continuous improvement
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Selma official Police Officer Entry Level academy-graduate posting — open the source document
Official entry-level recruitment is specifically for POST academy graduates; official Police Officer Step A/minimum is $70,858.37 annually
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 Selma 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. Selma starts at $70,858, so $429 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Selma Police Department officer make?
Selma Police Department starts a new officer on $70,858 a year, about $34.07 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 Selma official Police Officer Entry Level academy-graduate posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #208 of 222 agencies we have verified in California — 14 pay less, 207 pay more in the state — and #733 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,468 above, and against other municipal agencies $406 below.
Compare with another department
Put Selma 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 Selma | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$92,761 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$78,585 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$77,084 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$73,145 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$72,238 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$70,166 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$68,881 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$68,106 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$67,402 | #9 |
| 10 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$61,405 | #10 |
| 11 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$61,178 | #11 |
| 12 | Campbell Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $131,747 | +$60,889 | #12 |
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