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Sheriff urges pay adjustments to retain deputies; staff warns recurring raises would require revenue boost
Summary
Mohave County Sheriff asked the Board for a compensation package (about $500,000 in FY26, $180,000 additional next year) to address pay compression and retention. County CFO and manager warned that recurring raises must be funded with recurring revenue or risk structural deficits.
The Mohave County Sheriff asked supervisors on April 16 for targeted pay adjustments to address long-running recruitment and retention problems, estimating roughly $500,000 in FY26 and about $180,000 in FY27 would resolve a mid-range/top‑out compression issue and improve retention.
The sheriff said prior actions raised starting pay and produced measurable reductions in vacancies but that remaining mid‑point and top‑of‑scale compression remains a competitive disadvantage versus neighboring agencies. He told the board the $500,000 proposal would correct the remaining compression in year one and would be…
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