Deputy Sheriff - Trainee

Deputy Sheriff

Salary: $39.49 - $48.00/hour; $6,844.93 - $8,320.00/month; $82,139.20 - $99,840.00/year.

Employment Type:

Permanent/Full Time (40 hrs/week)

• Auburn, CA and surrounding areas
• Roseville, CA and surrounding areas
• Tahoe City, CA and surrounding areas

Position Information:
Effective June 13, 2026 this classification will receive a general wage increase of 3%. This recruitment will be used for testing for the calendar year 2026.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office is currently accepting applications for Deputy Sheriff Trainee, Deputy Sheriff I, and Deputy Sheriff II. Please review individual job postings for the minimum qualifications required at each level. To participate at the Trainee level, I level, or II level, you must complete and submit separate applications for each recruitment.

Qualified applicants will undergo an extensive background investigation to determine if they meet the high standards set by the Sheriff's Office in the areas including, but not limited to: high moral character, honesty, and exemplary work ethic. The Sheriff's Office also highly values those with a positive attitude toward fellow workers and the community they will be serving. Upon successful graduation from the POST Academy, Deputy Sheriff Trainee incumbents are automatically placed into the Deputy Sheriff I classification.

Deputy Sheriff assignment locations may include Auburn, South Placer, or Tahoe.

This continuous recruitment will remain open for the calendar year, or until the final filing date, whichever occurs first. The eligible list established from this continuous recruitment will expire by the end of the calendar year. Applicants will be eligible to reapply and take an examination if a new recruitment opens the following calendar year.

Examinations will be scheduled throughout the year as applications are received. Qualified applicants will be notified of their testing date via email once the examination date has been scheduled.

Qualified applications received by August 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. will be invited to participate in the written examination the week of September 7, 2026.