Utah police captain salaries by department, 2025-26
29 people held a police captain title at 12 Utah city police departments and police agencies in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026). Those who worked the full year earned an average of $153,762, overtime included, against $98,209 for officers.
What is the average police captain salary in Utah?
Average total pay, full-year Utah police captains1
$153,762
- Police captains
- 29
- 27 of them worked the full year
- Median total pay
- $149,565
- the middle captain: half earned more, half less
- Departments
- 12
- with police captains on their payroll
Which Utah police departments pay captains the most?
By average total pay of full-year police captains, among departments with at least 5 of them.
Highest average total pay
Utah average for captains, $153,762
Which Utah counties pay police captains the most?
Average total pay of full-year captains across each county's city and district police departments, where at least 5 of them worked the full year. The dashed line marks the Utah average of $153,762.
Compare police captain pay at every Utah department
Every department with at least 5 police captains: what full-year captains earned. Click a column to sort it.
Showing all 1 departments, highest average total pay first.
| RoyWeber County | Weber | $121,631 | 5 |
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"Fewer than 5": fewer than 5 captains worked the full year, too few for an average. Departments with fewer than 5 captains aren't listed.
How much more do police captains earn than officers in Utah?
Average total pay of full-year staff at every Utah city police department and police agency, overtime included.
- Officers$98,209
- Detectives$94,533
- Sergeants$128,939
- Lieutenants$140,167
- Captains$153,762
Captains earn $55,553 more than officers on average. Detectives average $94,533, sergeants average $128,939 and lieutenants average $140,167.
Questions about police captain pay in Utah
How much does a police captain make in Utah?
Full-year Utah police captains at city police departments and police agencies earned an average of $153,762 in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026), overtime included. The middle captain earned $149,565. Officers averaged $98,209.
Which Utah county pays police captains the most?
Utah County, where full-year captains at its police departments averaged $158,412, followed by Weber County ($154,615) and Salt Lake County ($151,438).
Sources for the Utah police captain figures
Every person who held a police captain title at any point in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much as in that year, earned at least 90% of that pay in the job's titles, and were paid at least $15,080, a full year at Utah's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.2 Utah's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor: title, wages and benefits of every employee of every Utah city, town, county and local district, as each reports them for its fiscal year.
- Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.