First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives · SOC 33-1012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectivess

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for first-line supervisors of police and detectives. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 362 metro areas

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$175,840	1,690	0.7
2	Vallejo, CA	$175,070	150	1.0
3	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$172,590	70	0.7
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$167,600	4,840	0.8
5	Napa, CA	$164,150	50	0.6
6	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$163,810	1,020	0.9
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$163,700	370	0.3
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$161,440	110	0.6
9	Anchorage, AK	$161,100	110	0.6
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$159,810	1,300	0.8
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$158,510	1,330	0.6
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$157,650	80	0.4
13	Salinas, CA	$153,930	150	0.8
14	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$149,460	270	0.8
15	El Centro, CA	$149,290	50	0.8
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$148,310	960	0.6
17	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$140,730	140	1.1
18	Urban Honolulu, HI	$140,590	490	1.1
19	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$140,400	110	0.9
20	Fairbanks-College, AK	$137,880	50	1.3
21	Lexington Park, MD	$137,640	160	2.2
22	Modesto, CA	$136,920	130	0.7
23	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$136,050	90	0.7
24	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$135,270	13,970	1.5
25	Redding, CA	$135,110	70	1.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.