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Police pay in Utah
Entry pay in Utah runs from $50,544 to $76,315 a year. Verified at 31 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 Utah agency starts officers on $65,374, below the national middle of $68,390 — 26th of the 50 states we can rank.
How Utah 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 UT agency | Middle US agency | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | $65,374 | $68,390 | −4% |
| City departments | $65,562 | $71,302 | −8% |
| Sheriff's offices | $58,073 | $65,374 | −11% |
The best-paid agency in Utah starts officers on 1.5 times what the lowest-paid one does — $76,315 against $50,544. Overall, Utah ranks 26th of the 50 states we can rank.
By level
Municipal27 agencies
Lowest$56,888
Middle$65,562
Highest$76,315
Across 27 city departments in Utah.
Sheriff3 agencies
Lowest$50,544
Middle$58,073
Highest$64,480
Across 3 sheriff's offices in Utah.
State1 agency
Utah Highway Patrol$75,878
Only one verified here, so we name it rather than give a middle figure.
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Every Utah agency we have verified
Across the state line
What the middle agency starts on in the states Utah borders.
Also for Utah: What Utah 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 21 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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