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Osceola 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.
Osceola County Sheriff's Office starts at $62,500 a year — about $30.05 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,185 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $1,060 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL run about 1% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $61,626 somewhere at average prices — $874 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 123, 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 isOsceola County Sheriff's Office reported 500 sworn officers and 246 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 Osceola County says about itself
The men and women of the Osceola County Sheriff's Office are dedicated public servants, who are passionate about keeping our community safe and provide professional law enforcement services to our residents and visitors.
What Osceola County does
The Sheriff's Office says Patrol deputies maintain law and order and serve legal processes of the courts, with duties including patrol, criminal investigation, traffic control, evidence collection, warrants, prisoner transport, disturbance response and arrests.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 30 August 2026. Osceola County Sheriff's Office official Deputy Sheriff page — open the source document
2026 page; Patrol Division Deputy Sheriff salary range $62,500.05-$91,248.14, the minimum taken as the entry base. Preference for prior experience is stated separately.
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 Osceola 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. Osceola County starts at $62,500, so $1,065 below the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Osceola County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Osceola County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $62,500 a year, about $30.05 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 Osceola County Sheriff's Office official Deputy Sheriff page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #127 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 176 pay less, 126 pay more in the state — and #1,410 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,185 below, and against other county agencies $1,060 below.
Compare with another department
Put Osceola 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 Osceola | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$28,507 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$19,223 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$18,500 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$18,454 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$18,412 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$17,500 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$17,350 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$16,571 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$16,328 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$16,056 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$15,930 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$15,780 | #549 |
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