First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
SOC 33-1012 · 2024-2034
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $168,113per year
- Projected openings
- 9,390
- Projected change
- +5.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $182,660 | 30 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $182,569 | 590 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $181,868 | 80 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $178,847 | 580 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $174,411 | 2,550 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $173,455 | 230 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $173,373 | 40 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $165,970 | 520 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $164,364 | 870 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $162,934 | 50 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $162,729 | 700 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $161,998 | 80 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $161,988 | 70 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $161,042 | 110 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $159,445 | 60 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $155,530 | 170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $151,529 | 630 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $146,099 | 70 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $145,760 | 100 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $136,709 | 240 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $132,153 | 70 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $130,858 | 90 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $129,778 | 30 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $129,726 | 60 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $128,307 | 220 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $128,266 | 90 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $127,464 | 160 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $127,320 | 130 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $123,967 | 30 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $123,803 | 60 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $123,803 | 80 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $124,803
- A quarter earn under
- $138,594
- Half earn under
- $168,113
- Three quarters earn under
- $194,946
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $209,680
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | $121,891 | 52,390 | +5.2% |
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $128,002 | 9,580 | +4.5% |
| First-line Supervisors of Security Workers | $55,327 | 11,110 | +5.5% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers | $134,534 | 3,810 | 0% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $130,863 | 5,620 | +4.9% |
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | $98,811 | 31,850 | -5.1% |
Programs that train for this job — 13
AS Degree Administration of Justice: Law Enforcement
Contra Costa College · San Pablo · $4,433
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies
SF State, College of Professional & Global Education · San Francisco · $24,970
- Working 6 months later
- 100%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
Private Security Officer (Armed & School Security Officer)
Employed Security Service Center, Inc. · Long Beach · $2,500
- Working 6 months later
- 78%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- $8,580
Private Security Officer (Armed)
Employed Security Service Center, Inc. · Long Beach · $1,411
- Working 6 months later
- 83%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- $9,360
Administration of Justice Certificate of Achievement
City College of San Francisco · San Francisco · $998
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
Public Safety LGBTW + Awareness Certificate of Acheivement
City College of San Francisco · San Francisco · $860
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
Law Enforcement
Kern High School District-Rop · Bakersfield · $1,700
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE-Basic Law Enfrcmt Acdmy Intensive(Cert of Achievement)
Los Medanos College · Pittsburg · $5,605
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE-Criminal Investigations (Certificate of Achievement)
Los Medanos College · Pittsburg · $1,088
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
POST Academy Modular I
Yuba College · Marysville · $2,416
- Working 6 months later
- 100%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
Police Academy
Yuba College · Marysville · $2,760
- Working 6 months later
- 100%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported
Security Guard 40
Bentley-Forbes Security Training Academy Inc. · Van Nuys · $2,000
- Working 6 months later
- 62%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- $6,280
Basic Law Enforcement Academy
College of the Redwoods · Eureka · $6,516
- Working 6 months later
- 100%
- Earnings in one quarter after
- Not reported