Shafter police officer salary, 2025
Shafter is a city in Kern County. 5 people worked as police officers for Shafter 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 $90,247 to $109,696.
What does Shafter pay its police officers?
Official pay range1
$90,247 to $109,696
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest police officer title
Average total pay, full-year police officers1
Fewer than 5
5 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
- Not reported
- no official range reported
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each police officer title at Shafter 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 SeniorFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Police sergeant pay at Shafter
Ranks above officer, kept out of the officer figures on this page. Each rank's name leads to its statewide overview. Range: the middle reported bottom and top of each rank's official range. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeants | 7 | $107,007 to $130,067 | $160,761 |
What do police officers earn around Shafter?
Average total pay of full-year police officers across Kern County and across California. Shafter's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its police officers worked the full year.1
- All employers in Kern County$121,328
- All employers in California$179,627
Full-year police officers across Kern County earned an average of $121,328 in 2025, $58,299 less than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Shafter
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 Shafter'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 Shafter
Why is there no average police officer salary for Shafter?
5 people worked as police officers for Shafter 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 Shafter?
The official range across Shafter's police officer titles runs from $90,247 to $109,696 in 2025. For comparison, full-year police officers across Kern County earned an average of $121,328.
How much does a police sergeant make at Shafter?
Full-year sergeants at Shafter averaged $160,761 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $107,007 to $130,067.
What pension do police officers at Shafter get?
The most common pension formula among Shafter's police officers is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Kern County
- Delano$143,288 average total pay
- Arvin$126,895 average total pay
- California City$125,821 average total pay
- Bakersfield$120,052 average total pay
- Tehachapi$116,638 average total pay
- McFarland$114,080 average total pay
- Ridgecrest$106,981 average total pay
- Taft$85,200 average total pay
- Highest police officer salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Kern CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Shafter figures
Every person who held a police officer position at Shafter 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 Shafter.