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Clackamas 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.
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office starts at $83,053 a year — about $39.93 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $16,368 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $19,493 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oregon run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $80,352 somewhere at average prices — $2,701 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 109 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro 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 isClackamas County Sheriff's Office reported 204 sworn officers and 266 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 Clackamas County says about itself
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office proudly serves Clackamas County, providing law enforcement, corrections, civil, and parole and probation services.
What Clackamas County does
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office polices the Portland metropolitan county from Oregon City, running law enforcement, corrections, civil process and parole and probation. Its deputies are represented by the county peace officers' association on a five-step ladder, with a separately coded Deputy Sheriff, Recruit class beneath it at a single fixed rate and its own pay range. The County republishes the whole pay plan on the first of each month.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 21 September 2026. Clackamas County Pay Plan, "As of 09/01/2026" — "POA 20B Deputy Sheriff 005103 80 Step Annual 83,052.79 106,354.92 83,052.79 87,196.33 91,842.61 96,371.20 101,290.40", the minimum and Step 1 of five; the same class prints hourly at $39.929225. — open the source document
$83,052.79 is the County's OWN annual figure for the Deputy Sheriff class, printed beside the hourly rate of $39.929225, and the plan states its own arithmetic: "The below Annual Salary figures reflect 40 hours/week, 2080 hours year." No arithmetic has been applied by this roster. THE RECRUIT CLASS IS ON THE SAME PLAN, DIRECTLY BENEATH, AT ITS OWN PAY RANGE AND AT A SINGLE FIXED RATE: "POA 20A Deputy Sheriff, Recruit 005119 80 Step Annual 79,142.50 79,142.50 79,142.50" - minimum equal to maximum, class code 005119 against the deputy's 005103, range 20A against 20B. Barred, and it removes any doubt about which line is the officer's. THE STEPS ABOVE STEP 1 ARE A BARGAINED LADDER, NOT A CERTIFICATION GATE: the plan marks the class "Step", which it defines as "divided into defined steps, as determined by applicable bargaining contracts", against the alternative "Range" and "Fixed Rate" plans it also carries. The unit is the POA, the County's peace officers' association. Excluded from the figure: the four steps above, topping out at $101,290.40 against a class maximum of $106,354.92. THE PLAN IS A LIVE MONTHLY DOCUMENT - the County states "Compensation updated the first of each month" and this copy is stamped 1 September 2026 - so the row is dated to that stamp rather than to a fiscal year.
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.
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How this level compares
Where Clackamas 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 | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| 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 $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Clackamas County starts at $83,053, so $19,488 above the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Clackamas County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $83,053 a year, about $39.93 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 Clackamas County Pay Plan, "As of 09/01/2026" — "POA 20B Deputy Sheriff 005103 80 Step Annual 83,052.79 106,354.92 83,052.79 87,196.33 91,842.61 96,371.20 101,290.40", the minimum and Step 1 of five; the same class prints hourly at $39.929225..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #7 of 53 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 46 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #402 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $16,368 above, and against other county agencies $19,493 above.
Compare with another department
Put Clackamas 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 OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Clackamas | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$3,544 | #329 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$3,379 | #331 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$2,685 | #340 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$1,915 | #354 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$947 | #373 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$935 | #376 |
| 8 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | −$306 | #412 |
| 9 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | −$872 | #423 |
| 10 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | −$1,018 | #427 |
| 11 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | −$1,080 | #428 |
| 12 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | −$1,489 | #438 |
| 13 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | −$1,704 | #446 |
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