City of San Jose / Police / Police Lieutenant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
48 employees hold this title in Police. Median total compensation for the role is $423,129, above the department median of $204,814.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 48 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 370 people — is $163,700. Police pays a median base salary of $219,715 for this role, 34% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 154,610 people — is $106,040. Police’s median base salary is 107% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 47 of 48 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Police is $423,129, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 22 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $423,129 ranks #1 of 22. See Police Lieutenant across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Lieutenant roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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At Police, John Barg serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $656,208.
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Michael White is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $592,640.
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Leonard Lao is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $561,853.
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At Police, Gustavo Perez serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $559,379.
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Mike Bui holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $552,020.
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Jacob Morris is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $539,328.
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Christian Camarillo is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $532,608.
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Bret Hatzenbuhler holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $515,785.
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At Police, Mauricio Jimenez serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $514,277.
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Juan Vallejo holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $501,736.
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Tony Ruelas is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $494,092.
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Gary Buhay is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $478,307.
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Todd Jennings holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $477,406.
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Jesse Aragon holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $475,299.
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Ashley Weger works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Ashley earned $469,832 in 2025.
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Casey Higgins is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $451,014.
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Roger Semore works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Roger earned $446,058 in 2025.
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Samuel Marquardt is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $440,163.
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Tedros Habib works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Tedros earned $436,943 in 2025.
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Michael Pina works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Michael earned $434,382 in 2025.
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Aaron Little is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $433,873.
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Paul Hamblin holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $429,274.
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Jermaine Thomas is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $426,590.
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Anthony Kilmer holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $425,688.
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Mario Brasil works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Mario earned $420,569 in 2025.
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Lee Tassio works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Lee earned $414,902 in 2025.
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Jeff Harwell is a Police Lieutenant at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $413,044.
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At Police, Jason Kidwell serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $412,659.
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Michael Nasser works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Michael earned $410,564 in 2025.
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Brent Mckim holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $409,025.
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Michael Alvarez works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Michael earned $401,646 in 2025.
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Thomas Muller works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Thomas earned $395,904 in 2025.
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At Police, Justin Moro serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $395,284.
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At Police, Leo Prescott serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $389,089.
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John Lynch holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $387,354.
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John Figone works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. John earned $387,321 in 2025.
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At Police, Michael Drago serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $383,183.
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Mark Johnston holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $379,609.
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Jason Barton works as a Police Lieutenant for Police. Jason earned $379,021 in 2025.
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Garrie Thompson holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $378,202.