City of Los Angeles / Police
Agency file
The Police provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2025, this agency had 14,358 employees with median total compensation of $164,936; the highest distinct record was $560,000.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 14,358 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($164,936) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $252,099 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $20,690. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9B — | 12,616 — | $156,895 — |
| 2025 | $2.2B ▲ 12.2% | 14,358 ▲ 13.8% | $164,936 ▲ 5.1% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Source-specific fields
At Police, Alfred Labrada serves as a Na within Na. They work per event. Their 2025 pay totaled -$26,136. Union affiliation: Xx.