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Manatee 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.
Manatee County Sheriff's Office starts at $76,000 a year — about $36.54 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $9,315 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $12,440 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $74,206 somewhere at average prices — $1,794 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 128, 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 isManatee County Sheriff's Office reported 619 sworn officers and 651 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 Manatee County says about itself
It is the mission of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office to provide service to the community and respond to crime in the best tradition of professional law enforcement.
What Manatee County does
Manatee County Sheriff's Office provides patrol, investigations, corrections, court-security, civil and specialized public-safety services. Official agency materials emphasize professional service, crime prevention, protection of life and property and community partnership.
Shifts at Manatee County
Manatee County states that work is rotating shifts across any division of the Office.
A rotation that can move you between divisions changes the pattern as well as the place. BlueShifts rebuilds the months ahead from the new cycle when the assignment changes.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 27 August 2026. Law Enforcement Academy Recruit and Law Enforcement Deputy vacancies, Manatee County Sheriff's Office. — open the source document
Their source is effective 27 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.
How this level compares
Where Manatee 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. Manatee County starts at $76,000, so $12,435 above the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Manatee County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Manatee County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $76,000 a year, about $36.54 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 Law Enforcement Academy Recruit and Law Enforcement Deputy vacancies, Manatee County Sheriff's Office..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #19 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 284 pay less, 18 pay more in the state — and #627 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $9,315 above, and against other county agencies $12,440 above.
What shifts do Manatee County Sheriff's Office officers work?
Manatee County states that work is rotating shifts across any division of the Office. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Manatee 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 Manatee | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$15,007 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$5,723 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$5,000 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$4,954 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$4,912 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$4,000 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$3,850 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$3,071 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$2,828 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$2,556 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$2,430 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$2,280 | #549 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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