Johnson County, Kansas / Deputy Sheriff
Role across Johnson County, Kansas
Deputy Sheriff
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
486 people hold the Deputy Sheriff role across 1 department in Johnson County, Kansas, with a median total compensation of $74,451. Among 10 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Johnson County, Kansas ranks #5 by median pay.
- Employees
- 486
- Median pay
- $74,451
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #5 of 10
Compared with the local labor market
Deputy Sheriff pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area
Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 4,820 people — is $62,960. Johnson County, Kansas pays a median base salary of $79,474 for this role, 26% above that figure — about the 71st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Johnson County, Kansas sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 54th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 394 of 486 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Johnson County, Kansas is $74,451, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Deputy Sheriff pay in other jurisdictions
Where Deputy Sheriffs are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Deputy Sheriff roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Johnson County, Kansas
Department with this role
The Johnson County, Kansas department holding this role
The one department in Johnson County, Kansas that reports this role. The bar links to that department’s page for it.