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What a sheriff's office pays
Median
$76,210
New deputy, rural county
$47,510
Senior or big county
$115,120
The national median is $76,210 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $47,510. The federal wage survey lumps city police officers and sheriff's deputies into one occupation, so these are deputy figures. The elected sheriff's own salary is set separately by county or state law and is not in this survey.