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Wyoming 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.
Wyoming Police Department starts at $75,400 a year — about $36.25 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,010 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $4,136 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $78,915 would somewhere at average prices — $3,515 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 87 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 Police Department reported 97 sworn officers and 15 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 79,015.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. 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 says about itself
We serve with COURAGE to protect life and property and maintain law and order. DESCRIPTION: The Wyoming Police Department serves the community with dignity, respect, fairness and compassion; protects life and property; maintains law and order; and safeguards constitutional guarantees.
What Wyoming does
Wyoming Police Department is a Michigan law-enforcement agency. It states that its officers serve with courage to protect life and property and maintain law and order.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $36.25/hour / $75,400 annually for ‘Academy Only’ Step A as of July 1, 2026. Official MCOLES posting explicitly — open the source document
$36.25/hour / $75,400 annually for ‘Academy Only’ Step A as of July 1, 2026. Official MCOLES posting explicitly distinguishes academy-only candidates from higher experience steps.
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 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 starts at $75,400, so $4,113 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Wyoming Police Department officer make?
Wyoming Police Department starts a new officer on $75,400 a year, about $36.25 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 $36.25/hour / $75,400 annually for ‘Academy Only’ Step A as of July 1, 2026. Official MCOLES posting explicitly.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #3 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 35 pay less, 2 pay more in the state — and #539 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,010 above, and against other municipal agencies $4,136 above.
Compare with another department
Put Wyoming 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 MI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Wyoming | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Police Department | Municipal | 110 | $78,224 | +$2,824 | #452 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 299 | $77,467 | +$2,067 | #471 |
| 4 | Sumpter Township Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,732 | −$3,668 | #684 |
| 5 | Lincoln Charter Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,696 | −$3,704 | #686 |
| 6 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | County | 274 | $71,098 | −$4,302 | #718 |
| 7 | Muskegon Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $69,888 | −$5,512 | #781 |
| 8 | Livonia Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $69,784 | −$5,616 | #783 |
| 9 | Dearborn Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $69,080 | −$6,320 | #810 |
| 10 | Plymouth Township Police Department | Municipal | 33 | $68,140 | −$7,260 | #852 |
| 11 | Oscoda Township Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $68,140 | −$7,260 | #853 |
| 12 | Northville Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $65,956 | −$9,444 | #969 |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 21 | $65,000 | −$10,400 | #1,023 |
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