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Pulaski 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.
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office starts at $50,211 a year — about $24.14 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $16,474 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $13,349 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Arkansas run about 13% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $57,756 would somewhere at average prices — $7,545 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 58 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isPulaski County Sheriff's Office reported 141 sworn officers and 278 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 Pulaski County says about itself
In partnership with our community, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office strives to be a premier law enforcement agency and detention facility by protecting life, property, and individual's rights while providing professional and ethical service to our community.
What Pulaski County does
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is the sheriff's office for Pulaski County, Arkansas, based at 2900 S. Woodrow in Little Rock. It provides patrol, criminal investigations, judicial services and the county detention facility.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 25 September 2026. Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, "Become A Deputy" page: "Salary Description 1st Year: $50,210.94". — open the source document
The office prints one first-year deputy salary, used as printed; it is the sworn deputy rate, not the detention rate, and no separate certified or recruit rate is shown. No pay period is stated and the page is undated. The County's 2018 posting of "$33,330 - $37,897" is long superseded and not used. Excluded: overtime and benefits.
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 Pulaski 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. Pulaski County starts at $50,211, so $13,354 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Pulaski County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $50,211 a year, about $24.14 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 Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, "Become A Deputy" page: "Salary Description 1st Year: $50,210.94"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Arkansas?
It ranks #12 of 17 agencies we have verified in Arkansas — 5 pay less, 11 pay more in the state — and #2,068 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $16,474 below, and against other county agencies $13,349 below.
Compare with another department
Put Pulaski 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 AR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Pulaski | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State Police | State | — | $67,675 | +$17,464 | #1,080 |
| 2 | Rogers Police Department | Municipal | 140 | $61,363 | +$11,152 | #1,481 |
| 3 | Little Rock Police Department | Municipal | 535 | $57,928 | +$7,717 | #1,686 |
| 4 | Fayetteville Police Department | Municipal | 152 | $57,699 | +$7,488 | #1,713 |
| 5 | Bentonville Police Department | Municipal | 99 | $55,950 | +$5,739 | #1,797 |
| 6 | North Little Rock Police Department | Municipal | 175 | $55,068 | +$4,857 | #1,849 |
| 7 | Farmington Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $54,251 | +$4,040 | #1,898 |
| 8 | Jonesboro Police Department | Municipal | 163 | $51,501 | +$1,290 | #2,013 |
| 9 | Lowell Police Department | Municipal | 20 | $51,491 | +$1,280 | #2,014 |
| 10 | Benton Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $51,000 | +$789 | #2,032 |
| 11 | Conway Police Department | Municipal | 127 | $50,924 | +$713 | #2,037 |
| 13 | Fort Smith Police Department | Municipal | 155 | $50,003 | −$208 | #2,073 |
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