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Val Verde 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.
Val Verde County Sheriff's Office starts at $39,823 a year — about $19.15 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $26,862 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $23,737 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $41,030 would somewhere at average prices — $1,208 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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 isVal Verde County Sheriff's Office reported 50 sworn officers and 27 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 Val Verde County says about itself
To effectively and efficiently provide for the protection of lives and property, preserve the public peace, and provide needed community services with the highest level of professionalism and ethical standards. The Sheriff's Office recognises that government exists for the benefit of the people: enforcement and regulatory actions against persons are carried out for the benefit of society as a whole. We do not act to adjudicate or rectify injustices, inequities, or wrongs between individuals, but we act only to maintain order for the preservation and protection of society as a whole.
What Val Verde County does
Val Verde County Sheriff's Office covers a vast border county on the Rio Grande from headquarters on FM 2523 outside Del Rio, with an elected sheriff serving four-year terms and county-wide jurisdiction concentrated beyond the city limits. Deputies handle patrol, criminal investigations and civil process, run traffic enforcement on the farm-to-market road network, and assist during wildfire and flood events
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. Val Verde County Human Resources — memorandum of February 2026 personnel actions to the County Judge (Commissioners Court agenda item) — open the source document
Their source is effective 9 February 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 Val Verde 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. Val Verde County starts at $39,823, so $23,742 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Val Verde County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Val Verde County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $39,823 a year, about $19.15 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 Val Verde County Human Resources — memorandum of February 2026 personnel actions to the County Judge (Commissioners Court agenda item).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #150 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 1 pay less, 149 pay more in the state — and #2,252 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $26,862 below, and against other county agencies $23,737 below.
Compare with another department
Put Val Verde 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Val | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$51,283 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$50,927 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$50,906 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$50,177 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$47,225 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$46,445 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$45,145 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$44,625 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$44,617 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$44,259 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$44,226 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$44,169 | #374 |
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