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Del Norte 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.
Del Norte County Sheriff's Office starts at $51,743 a year — about $24.88 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $14,942 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,817 below the median for county agencies.
How big the department isDel Norte County Sheriff's Office reported 35 sworn officers and 32 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 Del Norte County says about itself
The Del Norte County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining the peace and providing a safer community for those that live and work in Del Norte County. We have a staff of dedicated deputies, correctional officers and professionals who work daily to meet those goals, across a patrol division, jail division, civil office, court security and county-wide emergency communications, with special operations in boating safety and waterways and Search and Rescue.
What Del Norte County does
Del Norte County Sheriff's Office provides patrol, investigations, corrections, court-security, civil, coroner, search-and-rescue and emergency services. Official County materials emphasize professional law enforcement, public safety and service to county communities.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Del Norte County official GovernmentJobs class specification — Deputy Sheriff/Coroner I — open the source document
Current official class specification verified 8 August 2026; Deputy Sheriff/Coroner I minimum $51,742.60 and identified as the entry-to-journey level; academy completion required for sworn appointment
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 Del Norte 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. Del Norte County starts at $51,743, so $11,822 below the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Del Norte County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Del Norte County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $51,743 a year, about $24.88 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 Del Norte County official GovernmentJobs class specification — Deputy Sheriff/Coroner I.
Is that good pay for a police officer in California?
It ranks #277 of 278 agencies we have verified in California — 1 pay less, 276 pay more in the state — and #2,003 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $14,942 below, and against other county agencies $11,817 below.
Compare with another department
Put Del Norte 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 CA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Del | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | 141 | $163,619 | +$111,877 | #1 |
| 2 | Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety | Municipal | 227 | $149,443 | +$97,700 | #2 |
| 3 | Redwood City Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $147,942 | +$96,200 | #3 |
| 4 | San Jose Police Department | Municipal | 1,065 | $144,003 | +$92,261 | #4 |
| 5 | Mountain View Police Department | Municipal | 90 | $143,096 | +$91,353 | #5 |
| 6 | San Mateo Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $141,024 | +$89,281 | #6 |
| 7 | Los Altos Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $139,740 | +$87,997 | #7 |
| 8 | Hayward Police Department | Municipal | 171 | $138,965 | +$87,222 | #8 |
| 9 | Milpitas Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $138,261 | +$86,518 | #9 |
| 10 | Los Gatos Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $132,394 | +$80,651 | #10 |
| 11 | Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,071 | $132,263 | +$80,520 | #11 |
| 12 | Menlo Park Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $132,036 | +$80,293 | #12 |
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