California / California Highway Patrol / Officer, California Highway Patrol
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
7,195 employees hold this title in California Highway Patrol. Median total compensation for the role is $177,116, above the department median of $162,741.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 7,195 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 California, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 65,940 people — is $118,880. California Highway Patrol pays a median base salary of $156,197 for this role, 31% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows California Highway Patrol’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. California Highway Patrol’s median base salary is 105% 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 California range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 6,450 of 7,195 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 California Highway Patrol is $177,116, 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.
Record list
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This Officer, California Highway Patrol record at California Highway Patrol for Aaron Gonzales may represent several individuals, totaling $502,168 in 2025.
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Josh Varanini is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $493,524. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Inderjit Sidhu is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $480,816. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Alan Wong works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Alan earned $473,001 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Luis Murillo is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $470,584. Union affiliation: R05.
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Manbir Grewal works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Manbir earned $466,733 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, Enrique Melgar serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $459,073. Union affiliation: R05.
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Michael Bryant works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Michael earned $450,931 in 2025. They are represented by R05.
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Payroll for Mark Mitchell (Officer, California Highway Patrol, California Highway Patrol) may cover more than one person; together they account for $445,356 in 2025.
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At California Highway Patrol, Michael Simpson serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $444,755. Union affiliation: R05.
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Clyde Peterkin is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $436,117. Union affiliation: R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, Mark Magrann serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $426,139. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Jonathan Greenlaw is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $424,746. Union affiliation: R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, Daniel Hernandez serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $419,395. Union affiliation: R05.
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Jake Steel works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Jake earned $418,299 in 2025. Union affiliation: R05.
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Aaron Hernandez holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $413,647. They are represented by R05.
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Dale Gallow is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $410,698. They are represented by R05.
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Artemio Castillo holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $402,684. They are represented by R05.
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Lamberto Montano holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $399,222. They are represented by R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, Brian Otoole serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $397,729. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, Javier Burga serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $397,467. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Mark Walter works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Mark earned $394,885 in 2025. Union affiliation: R05.
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Freddie Toriz holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $394,815. They are represented by R05.
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Steven Pool is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $393,361. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Jason Lopez holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $393,148. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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David Siegel works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. David earned $392,106 in 2025. Union affiliation: R05.
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Jonathan Van Dragt holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $392,066. Union affiliation: R05.
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Leonardo Hernandez is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $390,609. Union affiliation: R05.
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Richard Eikeberg works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Richard earned $390,167 in 2025. They are represented by R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, Jorge Mellos serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $390,068. Union affiliation: R05.
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Justin Heath works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Justin earned $389,816 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Lawrence Colon works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Lawrence earned $389,692 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Ryan Mohatt works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Ryan earned $388,684 in 2025. Union affiliation: R05.
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Benny Avila is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $387,756. They are represented by R05.
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Vaughn Hall works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Vaughn earned $386,919 in 2025. Union affiliation: R05.
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At California Highway Patrol, James Ortolani serves as a Officer, California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $383,496. Their bargaining unit is R05.
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Darrin Hinze is a Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $381,960. Union affiliation: R05.
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Horacio Mccomb holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $380,381. They are represented by R05.
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Casey Maxwell holds the role of Officer, California Highway Patrol at California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $378,403. Union affiliation: R05.
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Jesse Sumabat works as a Officer, California Highway Patrol for California Highway Patrol. Their status is full-time. Jesse earned $375,022 in 2025. Union affiliation: R05.