Compared with the local labor market
Deputy Sheriff pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 5,570 people — is $97,190. Sheriff pays a median base salary of $88,815 for this role, 9% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Sheriff sits in the local pay range
$63,340
$80,330
$97,190
$102,820
$109,230
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Sheriff’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. Sheriff’s median base salary is 17% above that national figure, about the 65th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$47,510
$59,290
$76,210
$97,600
$115,120
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 198 of 299 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Sheriff is $92,631, 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 departments
This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Deputy Sheriff is held in 2 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Sheriff, the median of $92,631 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Deputy Sheriff role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Deputy Sheriff beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $82,213 ranks #4 of 10. See Deputy Sheriff across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Deputy Sheriffroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.