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Soda 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.
Soda Springs Police Department starts at $54,080 a year — about $26.00 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,605 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $14,060 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Idaho run about 5% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $56,632 would somewhere at average prices — $2,552 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 70 against a national average of 100, 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 isSoda Springs Police Department reported 7 sworn officers and 1 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 3,174.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 Soda Springs says about itself
Our mission is to detect and prevent crime. We do this best when we work cooperatively with the citizens of Soda Springs. We rely on our citizens everyday as valuable witnesses, to provide us with information about the crimes we investigate. The department serves the city from its office on East 2nd South, with office hours from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
What Soda Springs does
Soda Springs Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement services to the Caribou County seat in south-eastern Idaho, covering patrol, response to calls for service and enforcement of state and local law.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 23 August 2026. This figure was advertised on the state POST job board on that date; postings there rotate, so the listing itself may since have closed. Idaho POST Agency Job Portal, agency-submitted posting — open the source document
$26.00/hour entry-level recruit, per the department's Idaho POST portal posting (open 1 July - 1 Sep 2026); lateral $26.50-$32.00 DOE.
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 Soda 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. Soda Springs starts at $54,080, so $14,060 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Soda Springs Police Department officer make?
Soda Springs Police Department starts a new officer on $54,080 a year, about $26.00 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 Idaho POST Agency Job Portal, agency-submitted posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #31 of 54 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 23 pay less, 30 pay more in the state — and #1,908 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,605 below, and against other municipal agencies $14,060 below.
Compare with another department
Put Soda 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Soda | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $75,005 | +$20,925 | #675 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$20,446 | #697 |
| 3 | Hailey Police Department | Municipal | — | $72,280 | +$18,200 | #797 |
| 4 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$15,434 | #965 |
| 5 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$13,541 | #1,085 |
| 6 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$13,250 | #1,106 |
| 7 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$12,792 | #1,130 |
| 8 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$11,211 | #1,239 |
| 9 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$10,816 | #1,270 |
| 10 | Nampa Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $64,626 | +$10,546 | #1,286 |
| 11 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$9,693 | #1,332 |
| 12 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | +$9,464 | #1,344 |
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