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Police pay in Idaho
Entry pay in Idaho runs from $36,492 to $75,005 a year. Verified at 51 agencies, each figure taken from that employer's own published document and dated on its page.
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.
The middle Idaho agency starts officers on $54,080, below the national middle of $68,390 — 47th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Idaho compares
Every figure below is a starting salary — what an agency pays an officer in their first year, before overtime. Each one is the middle agency of its group: half pay more, half pay less.
| Agencies compared | Middle ID agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $54,080 | $68,390 | −21% |
| City departments | $58,240 | $71,302 | −18% |
| Sheriff's offices | $49,920 | $65,374 | −24% |
The best-paid agency in Idaho starts officers on 2.1 times what the lowest-paid one does — $75,005 against $36,492. Overall, Idaho ranks 47th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal23 agencies
Lowest$45,760
Middle$58,240
Highest$75,005
Across 23 city departments in Idaho.
Sheriff26 agencies
Lowest$36,492
Middle$49,920
Highest$74,526
Across 26 sheriff's offices in Idaho.
State2 agencies
Idaho State Police$62,546
Idaho Department of Fish and Game — Conservation Enforcement$57,949
Only two verified here, so we name them rather than give a middle figure.
Every Idaho agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Idaho borders.
Also for Idaho: What Idaho agencies say about off-duty work Taken from each agency's own published policy.
Also: Every agency we have verified The statistics Municipal departments Sheriff's offices
Figures checked between 8 August 2026 and 23 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 the figure shown. Where an agency publishes both an academy rate and a post-academy rate, the post-academy rate is used. A missing agency has not been checked, not found to pay less.
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