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Rock Springs 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.
Rock Springs Police Department starts at $65,894 a year — about $31.68 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $791 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $2,246 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Wyoming run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $71,090 would somewhere at average prices — $5,196 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 isRock Springs Police Department reported 38 sworn officers and 16 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 22,837.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 Rock Springs says about itself
The Rock Springs Police Department is an agency comprised of 46 sworn Patrol Officers, 3 Animal Control Officers, 2 Parking and Nuisance Officers, 1 Community Service Officers and 9 support services personnel.
What Rock Springs does
The Rock Springs Police Department polices the city of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County, southwestern Wyoming, from 221 C Street. The City describes it as an agency comprised of 46 sworn patrol officers, three animal control officers, two parking and nuisance officers, one community service officer and nine support services personnel. It carries a wide set of specialty assignments for an agency of its size - detectives, a canine unit, a tactical response team, a critical accident team, crime scene investigation, bicycle patrol and school resource officers. New officers attend the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy at the City's expense and on full pay.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Rock Springs Police Department, Join Our Team: "Wage is $31.68- $38.94 per hour ($65,894 to $81,001 per year), depending on experience" — open the source document
$65,894 is the City's own annual figure for the bottom of the published band and no arithmetic has been applied to it; the City prints the hourly equivalent, $31.68, alongside it. The band is expressly priced 'depending on experience', which is what fixes the bottom as the no-experience rate rather than a range minimum floating free of any step. Trainee class: NO - the City names no cadet, recruit or pre-academy class and pays the same wage through training: successful applicants attend the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, the City pays all fees, and the page states applicants are paid full wages while attending. Prior certification is therefore not required. $81,001 is the top of the band and is a ceiling, not a step. Excluded from the figure: the twelve vacation days, twelve sick days and thirteen holidays a year.
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 Rock Springs 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. Rock Springs starts at $65,894, so $2,246 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Rock Springs Police Department officer make?
Rock Springs Police Department starts a new officer on $65,894 a year, about $31.68 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 City of Rock Springs Police Department, Join Our Team: "Wage is $31.68- $38.94 per hour ($65,894 to $81,001 per year), depending on experience".
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wyoming?
It ranks #5 of 17 agencies we have verified in Wyoming — 12 pay less, 4 pay more in the state — and #1,193 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $791 below, and against other municipal agencies $2,246 below.
Compare with another department
Put Rock Springs 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 WY
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Rock | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teton County Sheriff's Office | County | 31 | $73,178 | +$7,284 | #749 |
| 2 | Wyoming Highway Patrol | State | 194 | $68,619 | +$2,725 | #1,011 |
| 3 | Converse County Sheriff's Office | County | 24 | $67,111 | +$1,217 | #1,115 |
| 4 | Gillette Police Department | Municipal | 62 | $66,560 | +$666 | #1,154 |
| 6 | Campbell County Sheriff's Office | County | 56 | $65,832 | −$62 | #1,198 |
| 7 | Sheridan Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $64,748 | −$1,146 | #1,280 |
| 8 | Laramie Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $64,329 | −$1,565 | #1,300 |
| 9 | Green River Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $62,962 | −$2,932 | #1,389 |
| 10 | Casper Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $62,670 | −$3,224 | #1,396 |
| 11 | Cheyenne Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $62,500 | −$3,394 | #1,411 |
| 12 | Rawlins Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $58,323 | −$7,571 | #1,658 |
| 13 | Natrona County Sheriff's Office | County | 62 | $57,711 | −$8,183 | #1,712 |
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