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Provo 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.
Provo Police Department starts at $59,862 a year — about $28.78 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,528 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $11,402 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT run about 2% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $60,940 would somewhere at average prices — $1,077 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 79, where goods are 96. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isProvo Police Department reported 121 sworn officers and 67 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 115,576.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 Provo says about itself
We are committed to being reliable public safety partners to everyone.
What Provo does
Provo describes its Police Department as a full-service community-policing agency. The department provides patrol, investigations, specialized assignments and continuing professional training.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. Provo Police Department Join Our Team page — open the source document
Their source is effective 10 August 2026.
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 Provo 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 | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| 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 $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Provo starts at $59,862, so $11,425 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Provo Police Department officer make?
Provo Police Department starts a new officer on $59,862 a year, about $28.78 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 Provo Police Department Join Our Team page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Utah?
It ranks #25 of 31 agencies we have verified in Utah — 6 pay less, 24 pay more in the state — and #1,254 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,528 below, and against other municipal agencies $11,402 below.
Compare with another department
Put Provo 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 Provo | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City Police Department | Municipal | 589 | $76,315 | +$16,453 | #503 |
| 2 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,982 | +$16,120 | #518 |
| 3 | Taylorsville Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,941 | +$16,078 | #523 |
| 4 | Utah Highway Patrol | State | 536 | $75,878 | +$16,016 | #525 |
| 5 | Sandy Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,112 | +$13,250 | #621 |
| 6 | West Valley City Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,045 | +$13,183 | #625 |
| 7 | Cottonwood Heights Police Department | Municipal | — | $69,763 | +$9,901 | #785 |
| 8 | Murray City Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $68,890 | +$9,027 | #821 |
| 9 | Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake | Municipal | — | $68,099 | +$8,237 | #858 |
| 10 | South Salt Lake Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,997 | +$7,134 | #916 |
| 11 | Orem Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,768 | +$6,906 | #931 |
| 12 | Moab Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,747 | +$6,885 | #936 |
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