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Massachusetts · 2025 pay

How much do Sheriff Department Worcester (Massachusetts) employees make?

$85,677typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$64,058 – $101,433what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Sheriff Worcester C.o. Gd17bSdw Co Gd 17b No Roll CallSheriff Worcester Sergeant Gd18b

✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU)Matches the agency's latest releasemacomptroller.org ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$64,210

$85,673

$101,453

$223,089

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $60,449 in 2016 to $85,677 in 2025 (+42%).

What changed since 2024

  • +9.3%Typical pay went up from $78,413 to $85,677.
  • +7.8%Typical raise for the 577 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 36% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 60 new60 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 76 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +42%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $60,449 to $85,677, while the number of people paid went down from 647 to 637.

The agency updates it every pay period.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Sheriff Department Worcester (Massachusetts)

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$77,140
Overtime$5,522
Extra pay$3,012
Total for the year$85,673

Average of the 32 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller, macomptroller.org ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Worth knowing about pay at Sheriff Department Worcester

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

  • 7 of 10

    For 7 of the 10 highest paid at Sheriff Department Worcester, overtime was more than a third of their pay (Captain- 24a With Roll Call, Lieutenant 22a - No Roll Call, Captain - 24a With Roll Call).

    On regular pay alone, 7 of them would not have made the top 10.

  • +47%

    Since 2016, total pay at Sheriff Department Worcester went up 47% while the number of people paid went down 2%.

    Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Sheriff Worcester C.o. Gd17b245$85,319$72k – $96k▲ 9.6%
Sdw Co Gd 17b No Roll Call61$91,884$84k – $100k▲ 5.9%
Sheriff Worcester Sergeant Gd18b45$103,495$96k – $120k▲ 8.0%
Sdw Sergeant Gd 18b No Roll Call24$103,462$93k – $105k▲ 20.0%
Captain - 24a With Roll Call11$152,296$138k – $202k▼ 5.1%
Lieutenant 22a With Roll Call11$124,866$117k – $146k▼ 6.6%
Contract Employee - Sheriff11$6,388$5k – $17k▲ 25.6%
Sheriff Worcester Lt Gd22a Nr10$125,247$117k – $131k▲ 16.2%
Sheriff Worcester Maintenance Grd 189$57,622$38k – $63k▲ 1.3%
Teacher II7$75,924$74k – $84k▲ 6.4%
Substance Abuse Counselor II7$63,730$60k – $69k▲ 15.1%
Inmate Support Counselor II6$67,827$65k – $74k▼ 2.9%
Sheriff Worcester Clerical G136$50,620$50k – $52knew
Program Monitor6$37,175$23k – $47k▲ 3.6%
Captain - 24a - No Roll Call5$151,561$148k – $162k▲ 7.3%
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How many people earn what

  • Under $10k24
  • $10k – $30k35
  • $30k – $50k32
  • $50k – $70k101
  • $70k – $90k186
  • $90k – $110k152
  • $110k – $150k86
  • $150k or more21

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a Sheriff Department Worcester (Massachusetts) employee make?

The typical employee was paid $85,677 in 2025: half of the 637 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $64,058 and $101,433.

Who counts as a full-year employee?

"Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (83.6% of all pay), overtime (12.2%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.2%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller (macomptroller.org). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals