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Latah 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.
Latah County Sheriff's Office starts at $36,492 a year — about $17.54 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $31,898 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $28,882 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Idaho run about 5% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $38,214 would somewhere at average prices — $1,722 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 70 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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.
What Latah County says about itself
The Latah County Sheriff's Office, led by the elected Sheriff, provides comprehensive law enforcement services to Latah County, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition to law enforcement, the office manages Jail transportation services, 911 emergency and dispatch services, search and rescue, and crime prevention programs.
What Latah County does
Latah County Sheriff's Office provides countywide law enforcement from Moscow in the northern Idaho panhandle, operating 24 hours a day alongside jail transportation, 911 dispatch, search and rescue, crime prevention, civil process and concealed weapons permits.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 23 August 2026. Latah County, Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputy vacancy, county jobs page — open the source document
Minimum salary $36,492 (range $36,492-$52,572) plus a $2,700 per year flat fringe benefit, per the County's own Patrol Deputy vacancy listing. FLAGGED FOR RECHECK: this works out at $17.54/hr, well below every other Idaho deputy figure held here ($22-30/hr), so the county listing may be stale. The Idaho POST portal carries only the LATERAL posting at $30.16-$40.80/hr, which is not an entry figure.
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 Latah 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. Latah County starts at $36,492, so $28,882 below the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Latah County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Latah County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $36,492 a year, about $17.54 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 Latah County, Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputy vacancy, county jobs page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #51 of 51 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 0 pay less, 50 pay more in the state — and #1,665 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $31,898 below, and against other county agencies $28,882 below.
Compare with another department
Put Latah 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 Latah | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,005 | +$38,513 | #558 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$38,034 | #577 |
| 3 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$33,022 | #791 |
| 4 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$31,129 | #885 |
| 5 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$30,838 | #904 |
| 6 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$30,380 | #925 |
| 7 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$28,799 | #1,006 |
| 8 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$28,404 | #1,030 |
| 9 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$27,281 | #1,069 |
| 10 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | +$27,052 | #1,079 |
| 11 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $63,321 | +$26,829 | #1,094 |
| 12 | Idaho State Police | State | 311 | $62,546 | +$26,054 | #1,128 |
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