Lancaster police officer salary, 2025

Lancaster is a city in Los Angeles County. 9 people worked as police officers for Lancaster 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 $107,931 to $137,758.

What does Lancaster pay its police officers?

Official pay range¹

$107,931 to $137,758

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

Average total pay, full-year police officers¹

Fewer than 5

9 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: $107,931; bottom of the Police Officer range
Average pay rank: Fewer than 5; too few full-year staff to rank

What does each police officer title at Lancaster 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

Police Officer$107,931 to $137,758 · 9 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 Lancaster?

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

All employers in Los Angeles County$180,466
All employers in California$179,627

Full-year police officers across Los Angeles County earned an average of $180,466 in 2025, $839 more than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Lancaster

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 Lancaster'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 Lancaster

Why is there no average police officer salary for Lancaster?

9 people worked as police officers for Lancaster 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 Lancaster?

The official range across Lancaster's police officer titles runs from $107,931 to $137,758 in 2025. For comparison, full-year police officers across Los Angeles County earned an average of $180,466.

What is the starting salary for a police officer at Lancaster?

$107,931 a year: the bottom of the official range for Lancaster's Police Officer title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.

What pension do police officers at Lancaster get?

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

More salaries in Los Angeles County

Sources for the Lancaster figures

Every person who held a police officer position at Lancaster 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.

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

How we read the data