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Wyoming Highway Patrol 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 Highway Patrol starts at $68,619 a year — about $32.99 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,934 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $3,453 above the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Wyoming run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $74,030 would somewhere at average prices — $5,411 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.
How big the department isWyoming Highway Patrol reported 194 sworn officers 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 Wyoming Highway Patrol says about itself
Proudly serving Wyoming since 1933. MISSION: To provide the highest level of safety, security, and service.
What Wyoming Highway Patrol does
The Wyoming Highway Patrol has served since 1933, when seven patrolmen were charged with enforcing the state's motor vehicle and highway laws. It is a division of the Wyoming Department of Transportation and acts as the state's de facto police force, with troopers working ten-hour shifts four days a week and a drone programme run mainly by its Crash Investigation Team.
Wyoming Highway Patrol’s rotation, in BlueShifts
Wyoming troopers work ten-hour shifts four days a week.
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September 2026
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 6 September 2026. Wyoming Highway Patrol — Trooper Salary & Benefits — open the source document
Re-read 6 September 2026 and unchanged: WHP's own salary page states a Trooper I base of $32.99/hour, which it annualises as $68,619, with full salary and benefits starting on the first day of the Trooper Basic Academy. The page notes WHP pay increases beginning 1 July 2026. Trooper II at $39.30/hour is the lateral band. The Qualifications page states plainly that prior law-enforcement experience is not required
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 Wyoming Highway Patrol 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. Wyoming Highway Patrol starts at $68,619, so $3,453 above the state middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Wyoming Highway Patrol officer make?
Wyoming Highway Patrol starts a new officer on $68,619 a year, about $32.99 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 Highway Patrol — Trooper Salary & Benefits.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Wyoming?
It ranks #2 of 17 agencies we have verified in Wyoming — 15 pay less, 1 pay more in the state — and #1,011 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,934 above, and against other state agencies $3,453 above.
What shifts do Wyoming Highway Patrol officers work?
Wyoming troopers work ten-hour shifts four days a week. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Wyoming Highway Patrol 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 | Teton County Sheriff's Office | County | 31 | $73,178 | +$4,559 | #749 |
| 3 | Converse County Sheriff's Office | County | 24 | $67,111 | −$1,509 | #1,115 |
| 4 | Gillette Police Department | Municipal | 62 | $66,560 | −$2,059 | #1,154 |
| 5 | Rock Springs Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $65,894 | −$2,725 | #1,193 |
| 6 | Campbell County Sheriff's Office | County | 56 | $65,832 | −$2,787 | #1,198 |
| 7 | Sheridan Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $64,748 | −$3,871 | #1,280 |
| 8 | Laramie Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $64,329 | −$4,291 | #1,300 |
| 9 | Green River Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $62,962 | −$5,658 | #1,389 |
| 10 | Casper Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $62,670 | −$5,949 | #1,396 |
| 11 | Cheyenne Police Department | Municipal | 111 | $62,500 | −$6,119 | #1,411 |
| 12 | Rawlins Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $58,323 | −$10,296 | #1,658 |
| 13 | Natrona County Sheriff's Office | County | 62 | $57,711 | −$10,908 | #1,712 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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