About City of Petaluma
What is the City of Petaluma?
The City of Petaluma is the municipal government of Petaluma, a Sonoma County city of about 60,000 in California's North Bay, incorporated in 1858. Its ~400 employees deliver planning and code enforcement, engineering and public works, utilities, parks, finance and administration, alongside the city's police and fire services.
Where will I work?
Petaluma City Hall on English Street — open Monday through Thursday, 9am to 4pm, and closed every Friday. Civic staff work a 4/10 schedule; job adverts state it per role ("assigned to a 4/10 work schedule, Monday - Thursday"), and the Friday closure applies across City Hall departments.
What is the City of Petaluma team like?
A compact professional workforce — planners, engineers, code enforcement officers, analysts and administrators. Current civilian openings include an Associate/Senior Civil Engineer and a Code Enforcement Officer, with salary ranges published on every advert (the sampled advert runs $79,539-$96,678 plus a 2% COLA in July 2027). We list Petaluma's civilian professional roles; sworn police and safety-dispatch positions run separate duty schedules and are excluded from our feed.
Work-Life Balance
The 4/10 week is baked into how the city operates — the building is shut on Fridays. On top of the structural three-day weekend, Petaluma's published packages are generous even by California municipal standards. A current advert spells it out: a choice of CalPERS Health Plans with "the City pays ~95% of the Bay Area Kaiser premium for employee & eligible dependents" (or medical cash-back if covered elsewhere), dental and vision coverage "paid for by the City", and city-paid life insurance — plus the CalPERS defined-benefit pension.
Perks and Benefits
- 4/10 work schedule, Monday-Thursday — City Hall closed every Friday
- CalPERS Health Plans with ~95% of the Bay Area Kaiser premium paid for employees and dependents
- Dental and vision insurance for employees and family, paid by the City
- Medical cash-back option if you hold coverage elsewhere
- City-paid life insurance
- CalPERS defined-benefit pension and published salary ranges on every advert