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Livingston 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.
Livingston County Sheriff's Office starts at $67,808 a year — about $32.60 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $582 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $2,434 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Rochester, NY run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $69,880 would somewhere at average prices — $2,072 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 133, where goods are 100. 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 isLivingston County Sheriff's Office reported 66 sworn officers and 33 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 Livingston County says about itself
Since its inception, the Livingston County Sheriff's Office has developed into a full-service law enforcement agency employing 107 full time and 64 part time sworn police and correction officers and 27 full time and 17 part time civilian employees.
What Livingston County does
Livingston County Sheriff's Office describes itself as a Sheriff's Office for all the people, oriented to the community and committed to public safety, open communication, transparency, integrity and fiscal responsibility. The Sheriff states that law enforcement must respect the people it serves and that the office seeks to provide the best in public safety while treating people with dignity.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Livingston County official open-competitive Deputy Sheriff/Road Patrol examination — open the source document
Opened 2 March 2026; examination 9 May 2026; official salary $32.60-$40.10/hour; posting identifies the position as entrance-level law enforcement in the Livingston County Sheriff's Office
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 Livingston 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. Livingston County starts at $67,808, so $2,434 above the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Livingston County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Livingston County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $67,808 a year, about $32.60 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 Livingston County official open-competitive Deputy Sheriff/Road Patrol examination.
Is that good pay for a police officer in New York?
It ranks #7 of 23 agencies we have verified in New York — 16 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #871 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $582 below, and against other county agencies $2,434 above.
Compare with another department
Put Livingston 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 NY
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Livingston | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York State Department of Financial Services — Investigations | State | — | $86,681 | +$18,873 | #269 |
| 2 | New York State Police | State | 5,373 | $85,292 | +$17,484 | #288 |
| 3 | New York State Park Police | State | 269 | $73,796 | +$5,988 | #602 |
| 4 | Onondaga County Sheriff's Office | County | 217 | $71,764 | +$3,956 | #681 |
| 5 | Yonkers Police Department | Municipal | 625 | $70,229 | +$2,421 | #755 |
| 6 | Erie County Sheriff's Office | County | 175 | $69,274 | +$1,466 | #800 |
| 8 | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation — Forest Rangers | State | — | $67,796 | −$12 | #872 |
| 9 | Yates County Sheriff's Office | County | 27 | $66,389 | −$1,419 | #956 |
| 10 | Albany Police Department | Municipal | 269 | $65,066 | −$2,742 | #1,017 |
| 11 | Rochester Police Department | Municipal | 622 | $63,812 | −$3,996 | #1,068 |
| 12 | Nassau County Sheriff's Department | County | 2,591 | $62,657 | −$5,151 | #1,123 |
| 13 | Monroe County Sheriff's Office | County | 346 | $62,086 | −$5,722 | #1,153 |
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