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Twin Falls 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.
Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office starts at $54,080 a year — about $26.00 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,605 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $9,480 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Twin Falls, ID * run about 8% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $58,714 would somewhere at average prices — $4,634 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 70 against a national average of 100, 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 isTwin Falls County Sheriff's Office reported 45 sworn officers and 90 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 Twin Falls County says about itself
We are committed to making Twin Falls County safe and a great place to raise your families. At the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office, we are “Entrusted to Serve and Honored to Protect”!
What Twin Falls County does
Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office splits its work into two divisions. Law Enforcement Services covers patrol, investigations and crisis response across 1,957 square miles: urban patrol takes the roads and highways with traffic, K9, county code enforcement and animal control, while rural patrol works the mountain and range country and oversees both the volunteer Search and Rescue group and marine patrol on the county's waterways. Security Services runs the adult detention facility, court security, detention records and warrants.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. This figure was advertised on the state POST job board on that date; postings there rotate, so the listing itself may since have closed. Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training official Law Enforcement Job Postings — Patrol Deputy — open the source document
Current 2026 official recruitment; starting rate $26.00/hour
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 Twin Falls 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. Twin Falls County starts at $54,080, so $9,485 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $54,080 a year, about $26.00 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 Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training official Law Enforcement Job Postings — Patrol Deputy.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #30 of 54 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 24 pay less, 29 pay more in the state — and #1,906 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,605 below, and against other county agencies $9,480 below.
Compare with another department
Put Twin Falls 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Twin | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $75,005 | +$20,925 | #675 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$20,446 | #697 |
| 3 | Hailey Police Department | Municipal | — | $72,280 | +$18,200 | #797 |
| 4 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$15,434 | #965 |
| 5 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$13,541 | #1,085 |
| 6 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$13,250 | #1,106 |
| 7 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$12,792 | #1,130 |
| 8 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$11,211 | #1,239 |
| 9 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$10,816 | #1,270 |
| 10 | Nampa Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $64,626 | +$10,546 | #1,286 |
| 11 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$9,693 | #1,332 |
| 12 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | +$9,464 | #1,344 |
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