The annual salary statistics of police and sheriff's patrol officers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of police and sheriff's patrol officers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $80,970 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $101,530 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $125,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $132,710 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $149,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police and sheriff's patrol officers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $149,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $125,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $80,970.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $125,580 | 0.22% | 23.61% |
| 2021 | $125,310 | 0.09% | - |
| 2020 | $125,200 | 2.84% | - |
| 2019 | $121,650 | 3.96% | - |
| 2018 | $116,830 | 6.29% | - |
| 2017 | $109,480 | 3.88% | - |
| 2016 | $105,230 | 2.51% | - |
| 2015 | $102,590 | 1.56% | - |
| 2014 | $100,990 | 2.37% | - |
| 2013 | $98,600 | 2.71% | - |
| 2012 | $95,930 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $125,580, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for police and sheriff's patrol officers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $132,930). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 5.5 percent (5.5%) lower.