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Martin 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.
Martin County Sheriff's Office starts at $75,476 a year — about $36.29 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,791 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,916 above the median for county agencies.
How big the department isMartin County Sheriff's Office reported 294 sworn officers and 174 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 Martin County says about itself
Our mission is to serve and safeguard all persons in Martin County and ensure the quality of life for all through the effective and efficient delivery of law enforcement, detention and court services. We are sensitive to the authority entrusted to us, and ensure that it is exercised in a manner consistent with our responsibility to protect the public with fairness and equality.
What Martin County does
Martin County Sheriff's Office provides law-enforcement, corrections, court-security, civil and specialized public-safety services. Official agency materials emphasize protection of life and property, crime prevention, professional service and strong community relationships.
Martin County’s rotation, in BlueShifts
The Sheriff will continue to maintain the following work schedules which will not be altered without giving at least sixty (60) days' notice: Uniform Road Patrol Division (3 on/3 off).
The rotation template screen — enter the cycle and the start date, and you are done.
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September 2026
This cycle has its own page: how it works, and how to build it.
A 3-on/3-off cycle on twelve-hour shifts does not repeat weekly, so the same three days never come round twice in a row - and Martin County bids shift and days off by seniority once a year, effective the first shift after the January payroll cut-off, with the choice of Days/Evenings or Midnights. BlueShifts builds the cycle once and fills in every month ahead, and holds the bid change so the pattern moves with it.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 31 August 2026. Martin County Sheriff's Office Salary Information for Entry Level Positions — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 January 2025.
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 Martin 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. Martin County starts at $75,476, so $11,911 above the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Martin County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Martin County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $75,476 a year, about $36.29 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 Martin County Sheriff's Office Salary Information for Entry Level Positions.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #22 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 281 pay less, 21 pay more in the state — and #649 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,791 above, and against other county agencies $11,916 above.
What shifts do Martin County Sheriff's Office officers work?
The Sheriff will continue to maintain the following work schedules which will not be altered without giving at least sixty (60) days' notice: Uniform Road Patrol Division (3 on/3 off). That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Martin 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 Martin | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$15,531 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$6,247 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$5,524 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$5,478 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$5,436 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$4,524 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$4,374 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$3,595 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$3,352 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$3,080 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$2,955 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$2,804 | #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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