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Kittitas 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.
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office starts at $77,584 a year — about $37.30 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $10,899 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $14,024 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in rural Washington run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $79,674 would somewhere at average prices — $2,090 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 84, where goods are 105. 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 isKittitas County Sheriff's Office reported 42 sworn officers and 53 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 Kittitas County says about itself
Our mission is to protect all people, keep the peace, and uphold the Constitution of the United States. Our vision is a physical infrastructure and agency culture that enable us to provide the same level of service to our community that we would to our own families. The Sheriff is responsible for law enforcement, corrections, emergency management, search and rescue, and marine patrol, and deputies patrol the county from Snoqualmie Pass to the Columbia River, with specialist assignments including detectives, the special response team, marine patrol, forest patrol, water rescue, K-9, search and rescue, and field training. Training covers verbal de-escalation, non-biased policing, crisis intervention, criminal investigation and supervisory work, as well as all other in-house job-specific training.
What Kittitas County does
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office provides patrol, investigations, corrections, civil, search-and-rescue, emergency-management and other public-safety services. Official County materials emphasize professional law enforcement, public safety and service to the community.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Kittitas County official employment source — Deputy Sheriff Entry Level — open the source document
$77,584. Current 2026 official county recruitment information; verified 8 August 2026
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 Kittitas 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. Kittitas County starts at $77,584, so $14,019 above the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Kittitas County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Kittitas County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $77,584 a year, about $37.30 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 Kittitas County official employment source — Deputy Sheriff Entry Level.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Washington?
It ranks #70 of 92 agencies we have verified in Washington — 22 pay less, 69 pay more in the state — and #568 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $10,899 above, and against other county agencies $14,024 above.
Compare with another department
Put Kittitas 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 WA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Kittitas | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Police Department | Municipal | 1,064 | $117,792 | +$40,208 | #38 |
| 2 | Redmond Police Department | Municipal | 81 | $110,435 | +$32,851 | #59 |
| 3 | Auburn Police Department | Municipal | 120 | $108,386 | +$30,802 | #68 |
| 4 | Lynnwood Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $106,371 | +$28,787 | #81 |
| 5 | Everett Police Department | Municipal | 207 | $102,516 | +$24,932 | #106 |
| 6 | Vancouver Police Department | Municipal | 226 | $101,832 | +$24,248 | #110 |
| 7 | Kirkland Police Department | Municipal | 108 | $101,218 | +$23,634 | #118 |
| 8 | Tukwila Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $101,064 | +$23,480 | #120 |
| 9 | Bothell Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $101,055 | +$23,471 | #121 |
| 10 | Mount Vernon Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $100,836 | +$23,252 | #125 |
| 11 | Kennewick Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $100,104 | +$22,520 | #128 |
| 12 | Edmonds Police Department | Municipal | 48 | $99,168 | +$21,584 | #140 |
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