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Weber County Sheriff's Office 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.
Weber County Sheriff's Office starts at $64,480 a year — about $31.00 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,910 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $894 below the median for county agencies.
How big the department isWeber County Sheriff's Office reported 89 sworn officers and 243 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. 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 Weber County says about itself
The Weber County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to serving the people of Weber County, Utah — protecting lives and property, upholding constitutional rights, and maintaining public trust.
What Weber County does
The Weber County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services to Farr West, Hooper, Huntsville, Marriott-Slaterville, Plain City, Uintah, Washington Terrace, West Haven and unincorporated Weber County. Its services include traffic enforcement, accident investigation and civil process.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 9 August 2026. Weber County 2025 Classification and Compensation Study, Sheriff sworn pay plan — open the source document
Their source is effective 18 June 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 Weber County 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. Weber County starts at $64,480, so $894 below the county middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Weber County Sheriff's Office officer make?
Weber County Sheriff's Office starts a new officer on $64,480 a year, about $31.00 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 Weber County 2025 Classification and Compensation Study, Sheriff sworn pay plan.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Utah?
It ranks #17 of 31 agencies we have verified in Utah — 14 pay less, 16 pay more in the state — and #1,040 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,910 below, and against other county agencies $894 below.
Compare with another department
Put Weber County Sheriff's Office 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 Weber | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake City Police Department | Municipal | 589 | $76,315 | +$11,835 | #503 |
| 2 | Santa Clara Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,982 | +$11,502 | #518 |
| 3 | Taylorsville Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,941 | +$11,461 | #523 |
| 4 | Utah Highway Patrol | State | 536 | $75,878 | +$11,398 | #525 |
| 5 | Sandy Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,112 | +$8,632 | #621 |
| 6 | West Valley City Police Department | Municipal | — | $73,045 | +$8,565 | #625 |
| 7 | Cottonwood Heights Police Department | Municipal | — | $69,763 | +$5,283 | #785 |
| 8 | Murray City Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $68,890 | +$4,410 | #821 |
| 9 | Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake | Municipal | — | $68,099 | +$3,619 | #858 |
| 10 | South Salt Lake Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,997 | +$2,517 | #916 |
| 11 | Orem Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,768 | +$2,288 | #931 |
| 12 | Moab Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,747 | +$2,267 | #936 |
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