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Boone 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.
Boone County Sheriff's Office starts at $60,486 a year — about $29.08 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,904 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $4,888 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Columbia, MO run about 11% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $67,629 would somewhere at average prices — $7,143 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 69 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isBoone County Sheriff's Office reported 73 sworn officers and 20 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 Boone County says about itself
Lead the fight to prevent crime and injustice. Enforce the law fairly and defend the rights of all. Partner with the people we serve to secure and promote safety in our communities.
What Boone County does
Boone County Sheriff's Office provides patrol, investigations, corrections, court-security, civil-process and specialized public-safety services. Official County materials emphasize professional service, public safety and partnership with county residents.
Shifts at Boone County
Deputies receive a shift differential of $1.50 or $2.00 per hour for shifts that start after 6pm on weekdays, all shifts on weekends, and all shifts on county holidays.
When the differential depends on which shifts start after six and which fall on a weekend or holiday, the pay follows the rota. BlueShifts shows the pattern so you can see what a swap actually costs you.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. Boone County official Deputy Sheriff job opportunity 12-033 — open the source document
Our $50,772.80 figure belongs to Deputy Sheriff Trainee while the employee attends a POST academy. Boone County's current official Deputy Sheriff posting requires a Missouri peace-officer license or current academy enrollment and lists starting pay at $29.08/hour, annualized at 2,080 hours to $60,486.40.
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 Boone 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. Boone County starts at $60,486, so $4,888 below the county middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Boone County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Boone County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $60,486 a year, about $29.08 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 Boone County official Deputy Sheriff job opportunity 12-033.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Missouri?
It ranks #14 of 27 agencies we have verified in Missouri — 13 pay less, 13 pay more in the state — and #1,213 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,904 below, and against other county agencies $4,888 below.
What shifts do Boone County Sheriff's Office officers work?
Deputies receive a shift differential of $1.50 or $2.00 per hour for shifts that start after 6pm on weekdays, all shifts on weekends, and all shifts on county holidays. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Boone 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 MO
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Boone | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creve Coeur Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $71,329 | +$10,843 | #707 |
| 2 | Liberty Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $70,000 | +$9,514 | #772 |
| 3 | Kansas City Missouri Police Department | Municipal | 1,119 | $68,928 | +$8,442 | #819 |
| 4 | O'Fallon Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $67,454 | +$6,968 | #898 |
| 5 | Brentwood Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $67,418 | +$6,932 | #900 |
| 6 | St. Charles County Police Department | County | 35 | $66,060 | +$5,573 | #962 |
| 7 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | State | 1,134 | $65,400 | +$4,914 | #998 |
| 8 | Riverside Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $65,000 | +$4,514 | #1,022 |
| 9 | Ferguson Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $64,316 | +$3,829 | #1,052 |
| 10 | Gladstone Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $63,560 | +$3,074 | #1,077 |
| 11 | Ballwin Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $63,508 | +$3,021 | #1,081 |
| 12 | St. Louis County Police Department | County | 843 | $63,003 | +$2,517 | #1,110 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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