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Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens 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.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens starts at $56,422 a year — about $27.13 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,968 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,576 below the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Wyoming run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $60,871 would somewhere at average prices — $4,449 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.
About Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens
Wyoming Game Wardens perform statewide wildlife and watercraft law enforcement along with wildlife-management, public-contact and resource-protection duties. The Department's law-enforcement career system includes Game Wardens, Senior Game Wardens and Wildlife Investigators.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Game Warden Recruitment Process — open the source document
$56,422.08. Current official recruitment information verified 8 August 2026
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 Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens 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. Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens starts at $56,422, so $8,576 below the state middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens officer make?
Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens starts a new officer on $56,422 a year, about $27.13 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 Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Game Warden Recruitment Process.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wyoming?
It ranks #10 of 11 agencies we have verified in Wyoming — 1 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #1,386 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,968 below, and against other state agencies $8,576 below.
Compare with another department
Put Wyoming Game and Fish Department — Law Enforcement / Game Wardens 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 Wyoming | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming Highway Patrol | State | 194 | $68,619 | +$12,197 | #830 |
| 2 | Converse County Sheriff's Office | County | 24 | $67,111 | +$10,689 | #911 |
| 3 | Gillette Police Department | Municipal | 62 | $66,560 | +$10,138 | #944 |
| 4 | Campbell County Sheriff's Office | County | 56 | $65,832 | +$9,410 | #976 |
| 5 | Sheridan Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $64,748 | +$8,326 | #1,035 |
| 6 | Laramie Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $64,329 | +$7,906 | #1,050 |
| 7 | Green River Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $62,962 | +$6,540 | #1,115 |
| 8 | Casper Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $62,670 | +$6,248 | #1,120 |
| 9 | Cheyenne Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $62,500 | +$6,078 | #1,132 |
| 11 | Laramie County Sheriff's Department | County | 56 | $54,080 | −$2,342 | #1,464 |
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