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Volusia 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.
Volusia Sheriff's Office starts at $61,200 a year — about $29.42 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,190 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $4,174 below the median for county agencies.
How big the department isVolusia Sheriff's Office reported 429 sworn officers and 291 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.
About Volusia
Volusia Sheriff's Office provides law-enforcement, emergency communications, court-security and specialized public-safety services across Volusia County and contract communities. Official agency materials emphasize crime prevention, professional service, public safety and community partnership.
Shifts at Volusia
Volusia deputies work rotating 12-hour shifts, and the agency annualises pay on a 2,236-hour year rather than the usual 2,080 because of that scheduling.
The agency publishes the shift length but not a named cycle. These are the 12-hour rotations departments most often build on it: Pitman, 4 on, 4 off, DuPont, Panama.
A 12-hour rotation is why the year is 2,236 hours and not 2,080 — the extra hours are built into the roster. Build the cycle in BlueShifts and the hours are counted for you, which is the difference between knowing what a year is worth and guessing.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 15 August 2026. Volusia Sheriff's Office official careers source — Deputy Sheriff — open the source document
$61,200. Current VSO recruiting/pay information; verified 8 August 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.
How this level compares
Where Volusia 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 | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| 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 $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Volusia starts at $61,200, so $4,174 below the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Volusia Sheriff's Office officer make?
Volusia Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $61,200 a year, about $29.42 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 Volusia Sheriff's Office official careers source — Deputy Sheriff.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #85 of 141 agencies we have verified in Florida — 56 pay less, 84 pay more in the state — and #1,183 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,190 below, and against other county agencies $4,174 below.
What shifts do Volusia Sheriff's Office officers work?
Volusia deputies work rotating 12-hour shifts, and the agency annualises pay on a 2,236-hour year rather than the usual 2,080 because of that scheduling. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Volusia 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Volusia | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $86,674 | +$25,474 | #270 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$20,523 | #354 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$19,800 | #379 |
| 4 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$19,712 | #383 |
| 5 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$18,800 | #411 |
| 6 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$17,356 | #441 |
| 7 | Coral Springs Police Department | Municipal | 222 | $77,516 | +$16,316 | #470 |
| 8 | Boynton Beach Police Department | Municipal | 173 | $76,650 | +$15,450 | #490 |
| 9 | North Palm Beach Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $76,378 | +$15,178 | #497 |
| 10 | Naples Police Department | Municipal | 74 | $76,320 | +$15,120 | #501 |
| 11 | West Palm Beach Police Department | Municipal | 295 | $75,921 | +$14,721 | #524 |
| 12 | Bay Harbor Islands Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $75,836 | +$14,636 | #528 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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