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Animal Protection Officer salary

Humane law enforcement and field services (incl. dispatch). Based on 8 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits.

Based on 8 postingsMedian only — under 10 postings
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
Median posted salary
$85,291
Most postings for this role are hourly; median posted rate is $28.00/hour.

By county

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CountyPostings25thMedian75th
25th/75th percentiles appear only where a county has 10+ postings (shown as “N/A” otherwise, since a low count makes those edges unreliable).

By organization budget

$50M-$100M$85,2918 postings

By subsector

Animal-Related$85,2918 postings

By career level

Staff / Specialist (incl. pre-licensed)$66,5606 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Manager / Licensed Clinician (2).

Organizations hiring now

San Diego Humane SocietySan Diego County · Budget $50M-$100M$54,080–$106,335View org →

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How this page is built
Figures reflect 8 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through September 09, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.