Dos Palos police officer salary, 2025

Dos Palos is a city in Merced County. 7 people worked as police officers for Dos Palos in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its police officer titles runs from $55,728 to $73,332.

What does Dos Palos pay its police officers?

Official pay range1

$55,728 to $73,332

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest police officer title

Average total pay, full-year police officers1

Fewer than 5

7 police officers in all, 4 of them full-year: too few for an average.

Median total pay
Fewer than 5
the middle police officer: half earned more, half less
Overtime
Fewer than 5
average per full-year police officer
Starting salary
$55,728
bottom of the Officer range
Average pay rank
Fewer than 5
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each police officer title at Dos Palos pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1

  1. Officer$55,728 to $73,332 · 5 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. SRO Officer$55,728 to $73,332 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

What do police officers earn around Dos Palos?

Average total pay of full-year police officers across Merced County and across California. Dos Palos's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its police officers worked the full year.1

Full-year police officers across Merced County earned an average of $121,163 in 2025, $58,464 less than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Dos Palos

As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year police officer, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2.7% at 57
the most common formula among Dos Palos's police officers
Employer pension contribution
Fewer than 5
average per year
Health, dental and vision
Fewer than 5
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about police officer pay at Dos Palos

Why is there no average police officer salary for Dos Palos?

7 people worked as police officers for Dos Palos in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.

What is the pay range for a police officer at Dos Palos?

The official range across Dos Palos's police officer titles runs from $55,728 to $73,332 in 2025. For comparison, full-year police officers across Merced County earned an average of $121,163.

What is the starting salary for a police officer at Dos Palos?

$55,728 a year: the bottom of the official range for Dos Palos's Officer title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.

What pension do police officers at Dos Palos get?

The most common pension formula among Dos Palos's police officers is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the city.

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Sources for the Dos Palos figures

Every person who held a police officer position at Dos Palos at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Dos Palos.

How we read the data