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Yates 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.
Yates County Sheriff's Office starts at $66,389 a year — about $31.92 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,001 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,014 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in rural New York run about 8% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $72,466 would somewhere at average prices — $6,078 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 65 against a national average of 100, where goods are 100. Based on price levels for the non-metropolitan part of this state, because this agency is outside every 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 isYates County Sheriff's Office reported 27 sworn officers and 18 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 Yates County says about itself
It is the mission of the Yates County Sheriff's Office to provide effective, responsive Law Enforcement services to the residents of Yates County, and to those that we welcome as visitors to our beautiful upstate New York county.
What Yates County does
Yates County Deputy Sheriffs are responsible for protecting lives and property and enforcing laws and ordinances throughout the county. The Sheriff's Office performs county law-enforcement functions through patrol and related public-safety responsibilities.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Yates County official 2025–2028 Council 82 law-enforcement union contract + Yates County Civil Service Deputy Sheriff — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 January 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 Yates 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 | $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. Yates County starts at $66,389, so $1,015 above the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Yates County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Yates County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $66,389 a year, about $31.92 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 Yates County official 2025–2028 Council 82 law-enforcement union contract + Yates County Civil Service Deputy Sheriff.
Is that good pay for a police officer in New York?
It ranks #9 of 23 agencies we have verified in New York — 14 pay less, 8 pay more in the state — and #956 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,001 below, and against other county agencies $1,014 above.
Compare with another department
Put Yates 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 NY
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Yates | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York State Department of Financial Services — Investigations | State | — | $86,681 | +$20,292 | #269 |
| 2 | New York State Police | State | 5,373 | $85,292 | +$18,903 | #288 |
| 3 | New York State Park Police | State | 269 | $73,796 | +$7,407 | #602 |
| 4 | Onondaga County Sheriff's Office | County | 217 | $71,764 | +$5,375 | #681 |
| 5 | Yonkers Police Department | Municipal | 625 | $70,229 | +$3,840 | #755 |
| 6 | Erie County Sheriff's Office | County | 175 | $69,274 | +$2,885 | #800 |
| 7 | Livingston County Sheriff's Office | County | 66 | $67,808 | +$1,419 | #871 |
| 8 | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation — Forest Rangers | State | — | $67,796 | +$1,407 | #872 |
| 10 | Albany Police Department | Municipal | 269 | $65,066 | −$1,323 | #1,017 |
| 11 | Rochester Police Department | Municipal | 622 | $63,812 | −$2,577 | #1,068 |
| 12 | Nassau County Sheriff's Department | County | 2,591 | $62,657 | −$3,732 | #1,123 |
| 13 | Monroe County Sheriff's Office | County | 346 | $62,086 | −$4,303 | #1,153 |
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