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Tulsa 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.
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office starts at $60,000 a year — about $28.85 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,685 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $3,560 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Tulsa, OK run about 11% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $67,254 would somewhere at average prices — $7,254 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 68 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isTulsa County Sheriff's Office reported 223 sworn officers and 423 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 Tulsa County says about itself
The mission of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is to provide quality law enforcement, custodial and court related services for all persons in Tulsa County. The Criminal Investigations Division is staffed by dedicated detectives assigned to investigate crimes that occur throughout Tulsa County: after an initial report is taken by a field deputy, the case is assigned to a detective. The Detention Division operates the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, opened in 1997, where a Special Operations Response Team made up of three teams is available twenty-four hours a day; the Tactical Tracking Unit is a specially trained team of deputies that can spot even the smallest of clues left in the terrain, using their skills to track down and recover both fugitives and missing persons; and the Community Enhancement Unit, created through a partnership with the Tulsa Housing Authority, is dedicated to the safety and security of the residents who live in the 17 Housing Authority properties throughout the Tulsa area.
What Tulsa County does
The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office provides quality law enforcement, custodial and court-related services to all persons in Tulsa County. The Sheriff commands a full-service agency with detention, court services and operations divisions and more than 500 employees.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 9 August 2026. Tulsa County Sheriff's Office official salary and benefits page — open the source document
The Sheriff's Office recruiting page lists a starting salary for Deputy of $60,000. Current requirements do not require existing CLEET certification or prior police service. Current page checked 8 September 2026.
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 Tulsa 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. Tulsa County starts at $60,000, so $3,565 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Tulsa County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $60,000 a year, about $28.85 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 Tulsa County Sheriff's Office official salary and benefits page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oklahoma?
It ranks #9 of 22 agencies we have verified in Oklahoma — 13 pay less, 8 pay more in the state — and #1,573 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,685 below, and against other county agencies $3,560 below.
Compare with another department
Put Tulsa 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 OK
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Tulsa | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Arrow Police Department | Municipal | 168 | $72,004 | +$12,004 | #812 |
| 2 | Moore Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $70,796 | +$10,796 | #896 |
| 3 | Edmond Police Department | Municipal | 126 | $68,481 | +$8,481 | #1,020 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | State | 789 | $67,900 | +$7,900 | #1,064 |
| 5 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Municipal | 1,108 | $67,735 | +$7,735 | #1,072 |
| 6 | Yukon Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $63,058 | +$3,058 | #1,380 |
| 7 | Norman Police Department | Municipal | 177 | $61,000 | +$1,000 | #1,503 |
| 8 | Tulsa Police Department | Municipal | 836 | $60,611 | +$611 | #1,527 |
| 10 | Stillwater Police Department | Municipal | 84 | $59,446 | −$554 | #1,608 |
| 11 | Owasso Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $59,398 | −$602 | #1,609 |
| 12 | Bartlesville Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $57,450 | −$2,550 | #1,733 |
| 13 | Enid Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $56,243 | −$3,757 | #1,787 |
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