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Taylorsville 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.
Taylorsville Police Department starts at $75,941 a year — about $36.51 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,551 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $4,677 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Utah run about 1% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $76,813 would somewhere at average prices — $873 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 Taylorsville says about itself
In partnership with our community leaders and citizens, it is the mission of the Taylorsville Police Department to provide high quality law enforcement services — thus preserving and protecting the people, as well as the diverse and unique culture that comes from living in Taylorsville City.
What Taylorsville does
Taylorsville Police Department launched at midnight on 1 July 2021 after the city ended its contract with the Unified Police Department, and now fields around 53 sworn officers and nine civilian staff under a chief, two deputy chiefs, two lieutenants and eight sergeants, working to stated core values of transparency, connection, collaboration, respect and innovation
Where the figure comes from
Checked 21 August 2026. City of Taylorsville official careers site, Police Officer posting (27 March 2025) — open the source document
Their source is effective 27 March 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 Taylorsville 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. Taylorsville starts at $75,941, so $4,654 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Taylorsville Police Department officer make?
Taylorsville Police Department starts a new officer on $75,941 a year, about $36.51 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 Taylorsville official careers site, Police Officer posting (27 March 2025).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Utah?
It ranks #3 of 31 agencies we have verified in Utah — 28 pay less, 2 pay more in the state — and #523 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,551 above, and against other municipal agencies $4,677 above.
Compare with another department
Put Taylorsville 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 Taylorsville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City Police Department | Municipal | 589 | $76,315 | +$374 | #503 |
| 2 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,982 | +$42 | #518 |
| 4 | Utah Highway Patrol | State | 536 | $75,878 | −$62 | #525 |
| 5 | Sandy Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,112 | −$2,829 | #621 |
| 6 | West Valley City Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,045 | −$2,896 | #625 |
| 7 | Cottonwood Heights Police Department | Municipal | — | $69,763 | −$6,178 | #785 |
| 8 | Murray City Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $68,890 | −$7,051 | #821 |
| 9 | Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake | Municipal | — | $68,099 | −$7,842 | #858 |
| 10 | South Salt Lake Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,997 | −$8,944 | #916 |
| 11 | Orem Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,768 | −$9,173 | #931 |
| 12 | Moab Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,747 | −$9,194 | #936 |
| 13 | South Jordan Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,435 | −$9,506 | #952 |
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