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Pershing 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.
Pershing County Sheriff's Office starts at $56,014 a year — about $26.93 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $10,670 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $7,545 below the median for county agencies.
About Pershing County
The Pershing County Sheriff's Office polices about 6,000 square miles of north-central Nevada from Lovelock, on the Humboldt River along Interstate 80, running patrol, criminal investigation, court security and the county jail. Its deputies and detention officers are represented by the Pershing County Law Enforcement Association, which prices Deputy Sheriff I, Detention Officer, Deputy Sheriff II, Investigator and Sergeant as five separate salary ranges rather than as steps of one class.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 22 September 2026. Pershing County Law Enforcement Association and Pershing County, Collective Bargaining Agreement 2026-2027, Attachment A "Law Enforcement FY27": Range 11 Step 1 reads annual $56,014.40, monthly $4,667.87, hourly $26.93. — open the source document
$56,014.40 is the County's OWN annual figure for Range 11 Step 1 in the fiscal year now running and no arithmetic has been applied to it; it is $26.93 an hour at 2,080 hours. RANGE 11 IS THE HIRE CLASS AND THE CONTRACT SAYS SO IN TERMS. Article 7C: "A Deputy Sheriff hired in the classification of Deputy Sheriff I shall be compensated at Range 11. Upon successful completion of probation, a Deputy Sheriff I will advance to the classification of Deputy Sheriff II, Range 13." Appendix A lists the classes and ranges: Deputy Sheriff I 11, Detention Officer - POST Cat. 3 Cert. 12, Deputy Sheriff II - POST Cat. 1 Cert. 13, Investigator 14, Deputy Sheriff Sergeant 15. WHAT SEPARATES 11 FROM 13 IS POST CERTIFICATION, NOT SWORN STATUS, and certification never disqualifies a figure here; there is no recruit, cadet or trainee class anywhere on the scale. Probation is one year from the date of hire under Article 7A. Excluded from the figure: Steps 2 to 10 of Range 11, which reach $30.34 an hour; every range above 11; and the resident deputy assignment pay in Article 8C. THE FIGURE IS CURRENT AND THE PREVIOUS YEAR IS PRINTED BESIDE IT: Attachment A carries both FY26 and FY27, Range 11 Step 1 being $50,939.20 ($24.49) in FY26 and $56,014.40 ($26.93) in FY27, which is the flat 10% Article 8A.2 sets for the first pay period in July 2026. THE ATTACHMENT IS A SCANNED IMAGE inside an otherwise text-bearing contract, so the figures were read from the rendered page and checked against the arithmetic: $26.93 x 2,080 = $56,014.40 exactly, and $24.49 x 1.10 = $26.94.
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 Pershing 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. Pershing County starts at $56,014, so $7,551 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Pershing County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Pershing County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $56,014 a year, about $26.93 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 Pershing County Law Enforcement Association and Pershing County, Collective Bargaining Agreement 2026-2027, Attachment A "Law Enforcement FY27": Range 11 Step 1 reads annual $56,014.40, monthly $4,667.87, hourly $26.93..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Nevada?
It ranks #20 of 26 agencies we have verified in Nevada — 6 pay less, 19 pay more in the state — and #1,795 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $10,670 below, and against other county agencies $7,545 below.
Compare with another department
Put Pershing 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 NV
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Pershing | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada Gaming Control Board — Enforcement Division | State | 63 | $102,692 | +$46,678 | #103 |
| 2 | Boulder City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $75,941 | +$19,926 | #633 |
| 3 | Washoe County Sheriff's Office | County | 465 | $75,296 | +$19,282 | #661 |
| 4 | Sparks Police Department | Municipal | 122 | $74,360 | +$18,346 | #703 |
| 5 | Henderson Police Department | Municipal | 534 | $71,885 | +$15,870 | #820 |
| 6 | Reno Police Department | Municipal | 336 | $68,890 | +$12,875 | #999 |
| 7 | North Las Vegas Police Department | Municipal | 315 | $68,099 | +$12,085 | #1,048 |
| 8 | Nevada State Police — Highway Patrol | State | — | $67,939 | +$11,925 | #1,061 |
| 9 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Municipal | 3,226 | $67,662 | +$11,648 | #1,081 |
| 10 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $66,851 | +$10,837 | #1,131 |
| 11 | Churchill County Sheriff's Office | County | 40 | $65,312 | +$9,298 | #1,238 |
| 12 | Lyon County Sheriff's Office | County | 63 | $64,764 | +$8,750 | #1,278 |
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