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York 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.
York County Sheriff's Office starts at $70,628 a year — about $33.96 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,238 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $5,254 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Portland-South Portland, ME run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $69,340 somewhere at average prices — $1,288 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 135, where goods are 97. 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 isYork County Sheriff's Office reported 23 sworn officers and 5 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 York County says about itself
The Police Services Division is responsible for providing law enforcement protection for fourteen rural towns within York County that do not have organized police departments.
What York County does
York County Sheriff's Office runs three divisions — Police Services, Corrections and Civil Process — from 1 Layman Way in Alfred, with the Sheriff, a Chief Deputy, two Majors, a Detective Sergeant, four patrol Sergeants, two detectives and eighteen patrol deputies, plus civil deputies and two part-time deputies on court security at the York County Superior Court. It is accredited by the Maine Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, uses the Sanford Regional Communications Center for dispatch, and runs the York County Jail, which can house up to 350 inmates
Where the figure comes from
Checked 15 August 2026. County of York — Deputy Sheriff posting, Maine Municipal Association Municipal Career Center, 11 June to 8 December 2026 — open the source document
Their source is effective 10 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.
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How this level compares
Where York 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. York County starts at $70,629, so $5,254 above the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a York County Sheriff's Office officer make?
York County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $70,628 a year, about $33.96 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 County of York — Deputy Sheriff posting, Maine Municipal Association Municipal Career Center, 11 June to 8 December 2026.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Maine?
It ranks #6 of 19 agencies we have verified in Maine — 13 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #741 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,238 above, and against other county agencies $5,254 above.
Compare with another department
Put York 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 ME
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs York | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockland Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $77,896 | +$7,268 | #459 |
| 2 | Biddeford Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $76,482 | +$5,853 | #494 |
| 3 | Westbrook Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $73,736 | +$3,108 | #604 |
| 4 | Falmouth Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $71,344 | +$716 | #704 |
| 5 | Bath Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,011 | +$383 | #721 |
| 7 | Freeport Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $69,306 | −$1,323 | #798 |
| 8 | Windham Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $69,251 | −$1,378 | #802 |
| 9 | Bangor Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $69,181 | −$1,448 | #803 |
| 10 | Auburn Police Department | Municipal | 51 | $69,000 | −$1,628 | #815 |
| 11 | Augusta Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $67,371 | −$3,257 | #901 |
| 12 | Portland Police Department | Municipal | 131 | $65,874 | −$4,755 | #973 |
| 13 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 78 | $65,624 | −$5,004 | #986 |
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