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Natrona County Sheriff's Office entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Natrona County Sheriff's Office starts at $57,711 a year — about $27.75 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,974 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,849 below the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Wyoming run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $62,262 would somewhere at average prices — $4,551 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 71 against a national average of 100, where goods are 95. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isNatrona County Sheriff's Office reported 62 sworn officers and 88 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
About Natrona County
The Natrona County Sheriff's Office polices Natrona County in central Wyoming from 201 North David Street in Casper, the county seat and the state's second largest city, under elected Sheriff John Harlin and Undersheriff Bart Olson. The county holds about 80,000 people. The office runs patrol across the unincorporated county alongside the Natrona County Detention Center, and stations resident deputies at Casper Mountain, at the Alcova and Pathfinder Reservoirs and in the Town of Midwest, so a single agency covers mountain, reservoir and small-town posts as well as open county. Its other named assignments are special response teams, court security, firearms, and search and rescue, and it maintains a volunteer Sheriff's Posse. Deputies advance both horizontally into those specialties and vertically through rank, on experience and education. The detention center holds federal detainees under contract in addition to county inmates.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 September 2026. Natrona County Sheriff's Office 'Join Our Team' recruitment page, published by Natrona County — stated starting salary of $4,809.25 per month — open the source document
Read 8 September 2026 from the county's own Join Our Team page, which states that the starting salary is $4,809.25 per month with step and promotional increases, and that salary for lateral transfers will be determined after certification and experience is verified. The annual figure of 57,711.00 is that monthly rate times twelve; the office publishes the monthly rate and no annual one, so the multiplication is the only arithmetic applied and no allowance, differential or overtime is added. The lateral sentence settles the entry test from the other side: a certified transferee is priced separately after verification, so the published figure is the non-lateral rate. Wyoming recruits complete basic training at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, so no prior certification is required. The office runs a single deputy track with horizontal and vertical advancement, and names its specialty and focus areas as the detention center and patrol, special response teams, court security, firearms, resident deputies at Casper Mountain, Alcova and Pathfinder Reservoirs and the Town of Midwest, and search and rescue. The step ladder above the starting rate is not published on the page and step ladders are not collected.
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
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How this level compares
Where Natrona County sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Natrona County starts at $57,711, so $5,854 below the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Natrona County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Natrona County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $57,711 a year, about $27.75 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from Natrona County Sheriff's Office 'Join Our Team' recruitment page, published by Natrona County — stated starting salary of $4,809.25 per month.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wyoming?
It ranks #13 of 17 agencies we have verified in Wyoming — 4 pay less, 12 pay more in the state — and #1,712 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,974 below, and against other county agencies $5,849 below.
Compare with another department
Put Natrona County Sheriff's Office side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in WY
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Natrona | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teton County Sheriff's Office | County | 31 | $73,178 | +$15,467 | #749 |
| 2 | Wyoming Highway Patrol | State | 194 | $68,619 | +$10,908 | #1,011 |
| 3 | Converse County Sheriff's Office | County | 24 | $67,111 | +$9,400 | #1,115 |
| 4 | Gillette Police Department | Municipal | 62 | $66,560 | +$8,849 | #1,154 |
| 5 | Rock Springs Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $65,894 | +$8,183 | #1,193 |
| 6 | Campbell County Sheriff's Office | County | 56 | $65,832 | +$8,121 | #1,198 |
| 7 | Sheridan Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $64,748 | +$7,037 | #1,280 |
| 8 | Laramie Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $64,329 | +$6,618 | #1,300 |
| 9 | Green River Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $62,962 | +$5,251 | #1,389 |
| 10 | Casper Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $62,670 | +$4,959 | #1,396 |
| 11 | Cheyenne Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $62,500 | +$4,789 | #1,411 |
| 12 | Rawlins Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $58,323 | +$612 | #1,658 |
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