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Yuba City 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.
Yuba City Police Department starts at $72,264 a year — about $34.74 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,579 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $4,124 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in California run about 11% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $65,267 somewhere at average prices — $6,997 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 isYuba City Police Department reported 61 sworn officers and 23 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 68,919.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 Yuba City says about itself
To work in partnership with the community to protect life and property, solve neighborhood problems, and enhance the quality of life in our community.
What Yuba City does
The Yuba City Police Department serves the city of Yuba City, California, the seat of Sutter County on the Feather River north of Sacramento. The City prices it on a single citywide salary schedule and general compensation plan that carries a three-step Police Recruit class beneath a Police Officer class, so the pre-academy class and the sworn class sit on the same page and never blur into one another.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 21 September 2026. City of Yuba City, Salary Schedule and General Compensation Plan effective 22 August 2026 — "2200 POLICE OFFICER PD 6,022" monthly, $34.74 hourly. — open the source document
$6,022 a month is the City's own Step 1 figure for class 2200 and $72,264.00 is that rate times twelve, which is exact rather than an estimate. THE RECRUIT CLASS IS ON THE SAME PAGE AND IS DELIBERATELY NOT THE FIGURE: "2190 POLICE RECRUIT PD 5,239 5,501 5,776 - -" sits ten lines above Police Officer on the same schedule with the same effective date, a three-step class topping out below where the sworn officer starts. One page, both classes, no ambiguity. Excluded from the figure: every incentive and differential the plan prices apart from the range. THE FIGURE IS DATED BY THE SCHEDULE ITSELF, 22 August 2026.
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 Yuba City 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. Yuba City starts at $72,264, so $4,124 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Yuba City Police Department officer make?
Yuba City Police Department starts a new officer on $72,264 a year, about $34.74 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 Yuba City, Salary Schedule and General Compensation Plan effective 22 August 2026 — "2200 POLICE OFFICER PD 6,022" monthly, $34.74 hourly..
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #253 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 25 pay less, 252 pay more in the state — and #799 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,579 above, and against other municipal agencies $4,124 above.
Compare with another department
Put Yuba City 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 Yuba | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$91,355 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$77,179 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$75,678 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$71,739 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$70,832 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$68,760 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$67,476 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$66,701 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$65,997 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$60,130 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$59,999 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$59,772 | #12 |
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