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Levy 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.
Levy County Sheriff's Office starts at $55,000 a year — about $26.44 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,685 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $8,560 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Gainesville, FL run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $56,858 would somewhere at average prices — $1,858 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 88 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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 isLevy County Sheriff's Office reported 122 sworn officers and 45 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 Levy County says about itself
The mission of the Levy County Sheriff's Office is to provide quality, professional, local law enforcement and correctional services, tailored to individual communities, to improve public safety, to ensure Levy County is a safe place to work and live.
What Levy County does
Levy County Sheriff's Office says its Human Resources Division processes employment applications for the Sheriff's Office and Detention Bureau and maintains personnel and training records, and its current openings distinguish Florida Certified Deputy Sheriff from detention and civilian communications positions.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. Levy County Sheriff's Office official Human Resource Division page — open the source document
2026 page, open positions; Florida Certified Deputy Sheriff starting salary $55,000. Detention and telecommunications classifications are listed separately and not used.
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 Levy 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. Levy County starts at $55,000, so $8,565 below the county middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Levy County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Levy County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $55,000 a year, about $26.44 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 Levy County Sheriff's Office official Human Resource Division page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #202 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 101 pay less, 201 pay more in the state — and #1,854 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,685 below, and against other county agencies $8,560 below.
Compare with another department
Put Levy 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Levy | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$36,007 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$26,723 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$26,000 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$25,954 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$25,912 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$25,000 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$24,850 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$24,071 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$23,828 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$23,556 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$23,430 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$23,280 | #549 |
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