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Marion 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.
Marion County Sheriff's Office starts at $62,400 a year — about $30.00 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,285 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $1,160 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Ocala, FL run about 5% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $65,523 would somewhere at average prices — $3,123 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 86 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 isMarion County Sheriff's Office reported 500 sworn officers and 616 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 Marion County says about itself
Integrity, Honesty, Trust. The Marion County Sheriff's Office's primary goal is to protect the citizens of Marion County and to preserve the quality of life with which our county has been blessed. The Sheriff's Office maintains district offices throughout the community as part of its decentralised community policing philosophy, staffed with district commanders, property crimes detectives and administrative staff, and its Central Operations Center is in Ocala.
What Marion County does
Marion County Sheriff's Office describes Deputy I as general law-enforcement work preventing, detecting and investigating criminal acts, apprehending and arresting law violators, and safeguarding lives and property.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. Marion County Sheriff's Office official Deputy I posting — open the source document
Open posting dated 22 May 2026; $30.00 hourly with the annual figure published as $62,400. The position sits in the Law Enforcement Bureau, Patrol Division, performing general sworn law-enforcement duties.
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.
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How this level compares
Where Marion 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. Marion County starts at $62,400, so $1,165 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Marion County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Marion County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $62,400 a year, about $30.00 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 Marion County Sheriff's Office official Deputy I posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #130 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 173 pay less, 129 pay more in the state — and #1,419 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,285 below, and against other county agencies $1,160 below.
Compare with another department
Put Marion 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 Marion | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$28,607 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$19,323 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$18,600 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$18,554 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$18,512 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$17,600 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$17,450 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$16,671 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$16,428 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$16,156 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$16,030 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$15,880 | #549 |
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