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Davie 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.
Davie County Sheriff's Office starts at $50,639 a year — about $24.35 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $17,751 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $14,735 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Winston-Salem, NC run about 8% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $55,017 would somewhere at average prices — $4,378 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 71 against a national average of 100, where goods are 97. 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 isDavie County Sheriff's Office reported 82 sworn officers and 36 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 Davie County says about itself
The mission of the Davie County Sheriff's Office is to ensure a safe, caring environment for its citizens and visitors to live, work, play and raise a family, to reduce crime, and to effectively manage any natural or manmade disaster.
What Davie County does
Davie County's official Deputy Sheriff I description defines the work as law enforcement and public safety protecting life and property through enforcement of laws and ordinances. Deputies perform varied assignments including corrections, patrol, traffic enforcement, crime-scene and follow-up investigations, civil process, public-safety education and community-service programs.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Davie County, North Carolina — Employment Opportunities, Deputy Sheriff I — open the source document
Current official county employment listing checked 8 August 2026; Deputy Sheriff I is listed INTERNAL & EXTERNAL with a $50,639.00 minimum salary. The official Deputy Sheriff I specification requires only a high-school diploma/GED at entry and requires the employee to become Law Enforcement Basic Academy certified within the first six months of the job.
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 Davie 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. Davie County starts at $50,639, so $14,735 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Davie County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Davie County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $50,639 a year, about $24.35 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 Davie County, North Carolina — Employment Opportunities, Deputy Sheriff I.
Is that good pay for a police officer in North Carolina?
It ranks #32 of 40 agencies we have verified in North Carolina — 8 pay less, 31 pay more in the state — and #1,545 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $17,751 below, and against other county agencies $14,735 below.
Compare with another department
Put Davie 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 NC
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Davie | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knightdale Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $67,363 | +$16,724 | #902 |
| 2 | Cary Police Department | Municipal | 194 | $65,104 | +$14,465 | #1,012 |
| 3 | Wake Forest Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $65,093 | +$14,454 | #1,013 |
| 4 | Appalachian State University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 36 | $64,084 | +$13,445 | #1,057 |
| 5 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | State | — | $63,250 | +$12,611 | #1,100 |
| 6 | Johnston County Sheriff's Office | County | 124 | $62,213 | +$11,574 | #1,147 |
| 7 | Chapel Hill Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $61,451 | +$10,812 | #1,176 |
| 8 | Raleigh Police Department | Municipal | 713 | $61,417 | +$10,778 | #1,177 |
| 9 | Duke University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 57 | $60,195 | +$9,556 | #1,227 |
| 10 | Greensboro Police Department | Municipal | 582 | $59,509 | +$8,870 | #1,268 |
| 11 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department | Municipal | 1,702 | $59,502 | +$8,863 | #1,269 |
| 12 | Rolesville Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $59,304 | +$8,665 | #1,274 |
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