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Ogden Police Department 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.
Ogden Police Department starts at $62,667 a year — about $30.13 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,018 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,473 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Utah run about 1% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $63,387 would somewhere at average prices — $720 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 79, where goods are 96. 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 isOgden Police Department reported 156 sworn officers and 36 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 89,001.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. 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.
What Ogden says about itself
We are committed to building trust and fostering open communication with all residents.
What Ogden does
Ogden Police Department's sworn officers work under a compensation policy negotiated with the Ogden Police Benefit Association, covering shift and flex assignments, and the city runs an Own in Ogden programme offering down-payment help to officers buying a home inside the city
Where the figure comes from
Checked 21 August 2026. Ogden City Corporation, Summary of Benefits for Sworn Police Employees (revised July 2025) — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 July 2025.
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.
How this level compares
Where Ogden 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. Ogden starts at $62,667, so $5,473 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Ogden Police Department officer make?
Ogden Police Department starts a new officer on $62,667 a year, about $30.13 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 Ogden City Corporation, Summary of Benefits for Sworn Police Employees (revised July 2025).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Utah?
It ranks #20 of 31 agencies we have verified in Utah — 11 pay less, 19 pay more in the state — and #1,397 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,018 below, and against other municipal agencies $5,473 below.
Compare with another department
Put Ogden Police Department 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 UT
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Ogden | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City Police Department | Municipal | 589 | $76,315 | +$13,648 | #612 |
| 2 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,982 | +$13,316 | #629 |
| 3 | Taylorsville Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,941 | +$13,274 | #634 |
| 4 | Utah Highway Patrol | State | 536 | $75,878 | +$13,212 | #636 |
| 5 | Sandy Police Department | Municipal | 115 | $73,112 | +$10,445 | #753 |
| 6 | West Valley City Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,045 | +$10,378 | #757 |
| 7 | Cottonwood Heights Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $69,763 | +$7,096 | #958 |
| 8 | Murray City Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $68,890 | +$6,223 | #1,000 |
| 9 | Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake | Municipal | — | $68,099 | +$5,432 | #1,050 |
| 10 | South Salt Lake Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $66,997 | +$4,330 | #1,120 |
| 11 | Orem Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,768 | +$4,101 | #1,137 |
| 12 | Moab Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $66,747 | +$4,080 | #1,143 |
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