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First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives pay in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives is $131,050 per year in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO. It is $175,840 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 25.5% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-1012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO and 1,690 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.