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Baldwin County Sheriff's Office entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Baldwin County Sheriff's Office starts at $53,768 a year — about $25.85 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $14,622 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $11,606 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL run about 5% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $56,783 would somewhere at average prices — $3,015 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 83 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. Based on price levels for this metropolitan area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isBaldwin County Sheriff's Office reported 174 sworn officers and 277 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Baldwin County says about itself
We stand ready 24/7 to both protect our communities and serve our citizens.
What Baldwin County does
The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office provides uniformed patrol, criminal investigation and court services throughout Baldwin County, Alabama.
Shifts at Baldwin County
Baldwin County assigns patrol deputies to one of four squads working 12-hour rotating shifts, covering eight zoned areas totalling 2,027 square miles.
Twelve-hour rotating shifts across four squads mean your pattern depends which squad you are on. BlueShifts holds your own rotation rather than the department's average, and shares it with the family calendar.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 9 August 2026. Baldwin County employer posting, Deputy Sheriff Uniform Services (posting closed 2026-02-01, URL live at checking) — open the source document
$25.85/hour x 2,080 = $53,768.00. The posting explicitly allows non-APOST-certified candidates. WEAK SOURCE: the posting closed 2 January 2026 and the URL still resolved when checked on 8 September 2026.
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
How this level compares
Where Baldwin County sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Baldwin County starts at $53,768, so $11,606 below the county middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Baldwin County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Baldwin County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $53,768 a year, about $25.85 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from Baldwin County employer posting, Deputy Sheriff Uniform Services (posting closed 2026-02-01, URL live at checking).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Alabama?
It ranks #7 of 21 agencies we have verified in Alabama — 14 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #1,476 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $14,622 below, and against other county agencies $11,606 below.
What shifts do Baldwin County Sheriff's Office officers work?
Baldwin County assigns patrol deputies to one of four squads working 12-hour rotating shifts, covering eight zoned areas totalling 2,027 square miles. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Baldwin County Sheriff's Office side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in AL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Baldwin | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Police Department | Municipal | 88 | $60,195 | +$6,427 | #1,226 |
| 2 | Huntsville Police Department | Municipal | 432 | $58,614 | +$4,846 | #1,300 |
| 3 | Shelby County Sheriff's Office | County | 147 | $57,408 | +$3,640 | #1,362 |
| 4 | Alabama Highway Patrol | State | — | $56,726 | +$2,958 | #1,376 |
| 5 | Madison County Sheriff's Office | County | 184 | $55,390 | +$1,622 | #1,415 |
| 6 | Montgomery Police Department | Municipal | 259 | $55,168 | +$1,400 | #1,420 |
| 8 | Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office | County | 112 | $51,888 | −$1,880 | #1,521 |
| 9 | Prattville Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $50,679 | −$3,089 | #1,544 |
| 10 | Mobile County Sheriff's Office | County | 236 | $50,526 | −$3,242 | #1,551 |
| 11 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $49,920 | −$3,848 | #1,577 |
| 12 | Fairhope Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $47,840 | −$5,928 | #1,601 |
| 13 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | County | 466 | $47,736 | −$6,032 | #1,604 |
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