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Pacific 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.
Pacific County Sheriff's Office starts at $65,580 a year — about $31.53 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,105 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $2,020 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Washington run about 7% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $61,282 somewhere at average prices — $4,298 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 126 against a national average of 100, where goods are 104. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro 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 isPacific County Sheriff's Office reported 14 sworn officers and 4 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 Pacific County says about itself
Our mission is to serve the people of Pacific County with honor and commitment to upholding the Constitution with unwavering courage. We are dedicated to serving our community with integrity, transparency, and accountability. Every action we take is guided by our steadfast commitment to doing what is right every time, even if standing alone. We are directly accountable to the People of Pacific County, and it is our privilege to serve and protect our fellow citizens.
What Pacific County does
The Pacific County Sheriff's Office polices the southwest corner of Washington - Willapa Bay, the Long Beach Peninsula and the lower Columbia - from offices at South Bend and Long Beach, working in two divisions, Field Operations and Support Services. Its commissioned deputies are represented by the Washington Fraternal Order of Police on a six-step monthly scale, and the County also funds a separately priced Shoalwater-assigned deputy line at 95% of the standard deputy rate.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 22 September 2026. Pacific County Fiscal Year 2026 "Status quo" Wage Schedule - Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Representing Commissioned Law Enforcement Officers: the "Deputy" row reads Step 1 $5,465 under the column headed "1-12 Months", rising to $6,619 at Step 6. — open the source document
$65,580 is the County's monthly Step 1 figure of $5,465 multiplied by twelve; the schedule prices monthly and states no hourly rate, so the annual figure is mine. Step 1 is explicitly the first year - the column is headed "1-12 Months" and the six steps run on twelve-month intervals to "60+ Months". No recruit, cadet, trainee or probationary line appears anywhere on the schedule. THERE IS A SECOND, CHEAPER DEPUTY ROW AND IT IS NOT A TRAINEE RATE: "SHOA Deputy" runs $5,192 to $6,289, which is exactly 95% of the Deputy line at every step, and it is a separate assignment rather than a lower grade of the same job. The plain Deputy row is the County's general commissioned deputy and is the figure here. Excluded: Steps 2 to 6, reaching $6,619 a month; the five longevity tiers, 1.5% from the sixth year through to 8% from the twenty-sixth; Sergeant at $7,612, set at 15% above a top-step deputy; and Lieutenant at $8,374, set 10% above a sergeant. THE SCHEDULE CALLS ITSELF "STATUS QUO" AND THE COUNTY EXPLAINS WHY IN A NOTE ON THE FACE OF IT: "The previous Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Pacific County and the Fraternal Order of Police expired on December 31, 2024. However, the parties have not yet come to an agreement regarding a new CBA. Therefore, at the time of the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2026 Pacific County budget, wages for FOP employees reflect the 'status quo' from the previous agreement." So this is a current 2026 County document carrying a 2024 rate, and it says so. THE 2023-2024 FOP CONTRACT ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ - the County publishes it as a forty-six-page scanned image with no text layer - but the budget schedule is the County's own current statement of the rate and does not need it. RE-READ WHEN THE SUCCESSOR CBA IS SIGNED.
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 Pacific 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. Pacific County starts at $65,580, so $2,015 above the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Pacific County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Pacific County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $65,580 a year, about $31.53 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 Pacific County Fiscal Year 2026 "Status quo" Wage Schedule - Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Representing Commissioned Law Enforcement Officers: the "Deputy" row reads Step 1 $5,465 under the column headed "1-12 Months", rising to $6,619 at Step 6..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Washington?
It ranks #87 of 92 agencies we have verified in Washington — 5 pay less, 86 pay more in the state — and #1,215 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,105 below, and against other county agencies $2,020 above.
Compare with another department
Put Pacific 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 WA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Pacific | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Police Department | Municipal | 1,064 | $117,792 | +$52,212 | #38 |
| 2 | Redmond Police Department | Municipal | 81 | $110,435 | +$44,855 | #59 |
| 3 | Auburn Police Department | Municipal | 120 | $108,386 | +$42,806 | #68 |
| 4 | Lynnwood Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $106,371 | +$40,791 | #81 |
| 5 | Everett Police Department | Municipal | 207 | $102,516 | +$36,936 | #106 |
| 6 | Vancouver Police Department | Municipal | 226 | $101,832 | +$36,252 | #110 |
| 7 | Kirkland Police Department | Municipal | 108 | $101,218 | +$35,638 | #118 |
| 8 | Tukwila Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $101,064 | +$35,484 | #120 |
| 9 | Bothell Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $101,055 | +$35,475 | #121 |
| 10 | Mount Vernon Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $100,836 | +$35,256 | #125 |
| 11 | Kennewick Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $100,104 | +$34,524 | #128 |
| 12 | Edmonds Police Department | Municipal | 48 | $99,168 | +$33,588 | #140 |
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