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Springville 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.

Springville Police Department starts at $61,755 a year — about $29.69 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,635 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $9,509 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 $62,465 would somewhere at average prices — $710 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.

What Springville says about itself

The mission of the Police Department is to provide superior law enforcement through professional service, effective teamwork, fostering trust, confidence, and respect for all persons.

What Springville does

Springville Police Department hires Police Officer Trainees and sponsors them through the academy, moving them up five percent on completion of academy and field training and another five percent after a year as a Police Officer I

Where the figure comes from

Checked 21 August 2026. Springville City Corporation official applicant portal, “Police Officer I or II” posting — open the source document
$61,755.20. The city's own posting names the entry grade outright: **“Police Officer Trainee - Entry Level - Grade 14: Starting pay $29.69/hr”**; $29.69 x 2,080 = $61,755.20. The trainee **“may advance to Police Officer I, with a pay increase of 5%, after academy and field training are completed”**, and Police Officer I is then quoted “Up to $38.20/hr DOE”, advancing again by 5% to Police Officer II after one year. **THE TWO HALVES OF THIS POSTING ARE A TEXTBOOK ILLUSTRATION OF THE RULE: the Police Officer I half is a DOE ceiling and unusable on its own, while the Trainee half states an entry rate plainly.** Both sit at Grade 14 and both are in the same advert. SOURCING NOTE, STATED PLAINLY: the posting is closed and its body now renders as an image; the wording above is the city's own page metadata, served from springville.casellehire.com, Springville City Corporation's own applicant system. A SECOND, INDEPENDENT SOURCE EXISTS AND IS WORTH PULLING WHEN POSSIBLE — Springville prints **“Exhibit A – Pay Scale” in every annual budget** (FY2027 interim, page 249 of utah.gov/pmn/files/1448505.pdf), which would confirm Grade 14 and date it.
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 Springville sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.

LevelLowestMedianHighestAgencies
Municipal$35,006$71,287$163,6191046
County$36,492$65,374$132,263416
Special jurisdiction$31,200$60,195$107,95469
State$33,994$64,998$102,692143
Federal$70,477$73,502$86,5305
Territory$16,640$28,236$43,3549
What this shows

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. Springville starts at $61,755, so $9,532 below the municipal middle.

How it ranks

Nationally #1,166of 1,681 agencies Top 69% of everything we have verified
In UT #24of 31 agencies 7 pay less, 23 pay more
Hourly to start $30on a 2,080-hour year Base pay only, before overtime or any differential

Common questions

How much does a Springville Police Department officer make?

Springville Police Department starts a new officer on $61,755 a year, about $29.69 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 Springville City Corporation official applicant portal, “Police Officer I or II” posting.

Is that good pay for a police officer in Utah?

It ranks #24 of 31 agencies we have verified in Utah — 7 pay less, 23 pay more in the state — and #1,166 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,635 below, and against other municipal agencies $9,509 below.

Compare with another department

Put Springville 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.

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#AgencyLevelSworn #Entry payVs SpringvilleNational
1Salt Lake City Police DepartmentMunicipal589$76,315+$14,560#503
2Santa Clara Police DepartmentMunicipal$75,982+$14,227#518
3Taylorsville Police DepartmentMunicipal$75,941+$14,186#523
4Utah Highway PatrolState536$75,878+$14,123#525
5Sandy Police DepartmentMunicipal$73,112+$11,357#621
6West Valley City Police DepartmentMunicipal$73,045+$11,290#625
7Cottonwood Heights Police DepartmentMunicipal$69,763+$8,008#785
8Murray City Police DepartmentMunicipal82$68,890+$7,134#821
9Unified Police Department of Greater Salt LakeMunicipal$68,099+$6,344#858
10South Salt Lake Police DepartmentMunicipal$66,997+$5,242#916
11Orem Police DepartmentMunicipal94$66,768+$5,013#931
12Moab Police DepartmentMunicipal$66,747+$4,992#936

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