Vermont / Deputy Sheriff
Role across Vermont
Deputy Sheriff
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
20 people hold the Deputy Sheriff role across 1 department in Vermont, with a median total compensation of $84,490. Among 10 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Vermont ranks #3 by median pay.
- Employees
- 20
- Median pay
- $84,490
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #3 of 10
Compared with the local labor market
Deputy Sheriff pay vs. Vermont
Across all employers in Vermont, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 1,020 people — is $68,910. Vermont pays a median base salary of $84,490 for this role, 23% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Vermont 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 Vermont, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Vermont’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. Vermont’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 60th 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 Vermont range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Vermont is $84,490, 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 Vermont
Department with this role
The Vermont department holding this role
The one department in Vermont that reports this role. The bar links to that department’s page for it.