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Elmore 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.
Elmore County Sheriff's Office starts at $55,910 a year — about $26.88 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,480 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $9,464 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in rural Idaho run about 8% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $60,862 would somewhere at average prices — $4,952 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 70 against a national average of 100, where goods are 97. Based on price levels for the non-metropolitan part of this state, because this agency is outside every 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 isElmore County Sheriff's Office reported 23 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 Elmore County says about itself
The mission of the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office is to enhance public safety, improve the quality of life in our communities through crime prevention and reduction, and build strong partnerships through teamwork, service, and community involvement.
What Elmore County does
Elmore County Sheriff's Office serves this south-western Idaho county from Mountain Home, with a substation at Glenns Ferry, and runs the county detention center alongside patrol and investigations. Its civil deputies serve summonses, subpoenas, writs, evictions and protection orders, and the office also issues driver's licences and handles concealed carry permits by appointment. It states its commitments as enforcing the law fairly and impartially, acting ethically, and treating every person with fairness, dignity and respect.
Elmore County’s rotation, in BlueShifts
Panama 12-hour shifts (every other Fri-Sun off).
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September 2026
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. This figure was advertised on the state POST job board on that date; postings there rotate, so the listing itself may since have closed. Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training official Law Enforcement Job Postings — Elmore County Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputy (Entry Level) — open the source document
Open 1 October 2025–24 August 2026; official entry starting rate $26.88/hour and $28.22/hour after POST
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 Elmore 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. Elmore County starts at $55,910, so $9,464 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Elmore County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Elmore County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $55,910 a year, about $26.88 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 Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training official Law Enforcement Job Postings — Elmore County Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputy (Entry Level).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #24 of 51 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 27 pay less, 23 pay more in the state — and #1,398 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,480 below, and against other county agencies $9,464 below.
What shifts do Elmore County Sheriff's Office officers work?
Panama 12-hour shifts (every other Fri-Sun off). That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Elmore 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Elmore | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,005 | +$19,094 | #558 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$18,616 | #577 |
| 3 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$13,603 | #791 |
| 4 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$11,710 | #885 |
| 5 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$11,419 | #904 |
| 6 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$10,962 | #925 |
| 7 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$9,381 | #1,006 |
| 8 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$8,986 | #1,030 |
| 9 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$7,862 | #1,069 |
| 10 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | +$7,634 | #1,079 |
| 11 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $63,321 | +$7,410 | #1,094 |
| 12 | Idaho State Police | State | 311 | $62,546 | +$6,635 | #1,128 |
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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