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Le Sueur 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.
Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office starts at $71,822 a year — about $34.53 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,432 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $6,448 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI run about 5% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $68,518 somewhere at average prices — $3,304 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 112 against a national average of 100, where goods are 103. 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 isLe Sueur County Sheriff's Office reported 23 sworn officers and 29 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.
About Le Sueur County
The Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriff position performs protective law-enforcement work including patrol, enforcement of statutes and ordinances, emergency response, traffic enforcement, investigations, reporting and community partnership under Sheriff's Office supervision.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 15 August 2026. County of Le Sueur — Labor Agreement with Law Enforcement Labor Services Inc. Local 584 representing Deputy Sheriff, 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, Appendix A — open the source document
Le Sueur County deputies are covered by a labor agreement with Law Enforcement Labor Services Local 584 running from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027. A deputy sits at Grade 11 on the County's salary schedule, whose 2026 rates begin at $34.53 an hour at step A/1 and rise through eleven steps to $48.79. The agreement applies a 3.5 per cent cost of living rise each January, plus a step where the deputy is eligible. Deputies work an average forty-hour week on a two-week work period under the FLSA 7(k) partial exemption, and probation runs 2,080 hours worked.
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 Le Sueur 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. Le Sueur County starts at $71,822, so $6,448 above the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $71,822 a year, about $34.53 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 County of Le Sueur — Labor Agreement with Law Enforcement Labor Services Inc. Local 584 representing Deputy Sheriff, 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, Appendix A.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Minnesota?
It ranks #76 of 100 agencies we have verified in Minnesota — 24 pay less, 75 pay more in the state — and #679 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,432 above, and against other county agencies $6,448 above.
Compare with another department
Put Le Sueur 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 MN
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Le | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaine Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $101,733 | +$29,910 | #86 |
| 2 | Stillwater Police Department | Municipal | 26 | $94,328 | +$22,506 | #152 |
| 3 | Columbia Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $93,725 | +$21,902 | #157 |
| 4 | Carver County Sheriff's Office | County | 77 | $93,683 | +$21,861 | #158 |
| 5 | Oakdale Police Department | Municipal | 39 | $93,538 | +$21,715 | #161 |
| 6 | Richfield Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $93,226 | +$21,403 | #163 |
| 7 | Maplewood Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $93,038 | +$21,216 | #167 |
| 8 | Forest Lake Police Department | Municipal | 20 | $92,789 | +$20,966 | #169 |
| 9 | Apple Valley Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $92,768 | +$20,946 | #170 |
| 10 | Coon Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 73 | $92,123 | +$20,301 | #179 |
| 11 | Saint Paul Police Department | Municipal | 562 | $91,291 | +$19,469 | #188 |
| 12 | Woodbury Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $91,187 | +$19,365 | #190 |
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