Agency file

Police

Source file: City of Los Angeles Controller — City Employee Payroll / ingested Jun 17, 2026

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.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $2.2B
Employees: 14,358
Median total: $164,936
Highest record: $560,000

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

-$91,654$329,097+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

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.

Average pay composition

Base — $105,278 (70%)
Overtime — $21,971 (15%)
Other — $8,250 (5%)
Benefits — $14,901 (10%)

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.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$20,690

$83,853

$164,936

$208,259

$252,099

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).

Largest job titles

Police Officer II

3,895 · $174,583

Police Officer III

2,100 · $204,981

1,798 · $31,167

Police Sergeant I

737 · $210,826

Police Officer I

532 · $22,257

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

Year over year

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%

Compare

Similar departments

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.

Boston Police Department City of Boston92% match
Police Entertainment District Unit Metro Nashville90% match
Cp18 City of Springfield, MA90% match
Police Department (224) City of Baltimore90% match
Cmpd Patrol Service Group City of Charlotte89% match
Cpd-Department of Police City of Cincinnati88% match

Record list

Employees

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Katherine Paden

Senior Administrative Clerk/Police

2025 total comp

$66,399

Sub-department: Clerical
Base pay: $42,568
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $89
Benefits: $23,742
Total compensation: $66,399
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 03

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 70
Job Class Pay Grade: 1368-0
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 353733373933
Row ID: 25353733373933701368-0FT

At Police, Katherine Paden serves as a Senior Administrative Clerk within Clerical. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $66,399. Union affiliation: 03.

Melissa Torres-Campa

Police Service Representative I/Police

2025 total comp

$66,299

Sub-department: Clerical
Base pay: $54,430
Overtime: $905
Other pay: $2,769
Benefits: $8,196
Total compensation: $66,299
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 03

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 70
Job Class Pay Grade: 2207-1
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 343636343135
Row ID: 25343636343135702207-1FT

Melissa Torres-Campa is a Police Service Representative I at Police within Clerical. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $66,299. Union affiliation: 03.

Angelica Ramirez

Security Officer/Police

2025 total comp

$66,215

Sub-department: Police Officers, Lieutenant and Below
Base pay: $52,523
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $3,350
Benefits: $10,342
Total compensation: $66,215
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 24

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 70
Job Class Pay Grade: 2214-2
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 363139353933
Row ID: 25363139353933702214-2FT

At Police, Angelica Ramirez serves as a Security Officer within Police Officers, Lieutenant and Below. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $66,215. They are represented by 24.