Highest police officer salaries in Utah, by employer, 2025-26

Park City pays Utah's highest average total pay for police officers: $142,031 for those who worked the full year in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026), against a state average of $98,209.

Where do police officers earn the most in Utah?

The 25 employers with the highest average total pay of full-year police officers, overtime included. Sergeants and higher ranks aren't in these figures.

Highest average total pay

Which Utah counties pay police officers the most?

Average total pay of full-year officers across every employer in the county, for the 19 counties with at least 5 of them. The dashed line marks the Utah average of $98,209.

Summit$130,408
Wasatch$110,847
Salt Lake$104,497
Grand$97,406
Box Elder$95,794
Weber$95,577
Washington$94,630
Davis$93,426
Utah$91,542
Tooele$91,061

Sanpete$81,124
Cache$77,500
Iron$75,527
Juab$75,294
Kane$73,697
Duchesne$72,312
Sevier$71,182
Uintah$66,749
Carbon$65,117

The highest-paying employer for police officers in each Utah county

By average total pay of full-year officers, among the county's employers with at least 5 of them.

Box Elder CountyBrigham City$100,211only employer with an average
Cache CountyLogan$79,856highest of 2
Carbon CountyPrice$65,810only employer with an average
Davis CountyNorth Salt Lake$100,208highest of 11
Duchesne CountyRoosevelt$72,312only employer with an average
Grand CountyMoab$97,406only employer with an average
Iron CountyParowan$105,090highest of 2
Juab CountyNephi$75,294only employer with an average
Kane CountyKanab$73,697only employer with an average
Salt Lake CountyRiverton$112,342highest of 13
Sevier CountyRichfield$70,564only employer with an average
Summit CountyPark City$142,031only employer with an average
Tooele CountyGrantsville$96,805highest of 2
Uintah CountyVernal$69,781only employer with an average
Utah CountyLehi$110,420highest of 12
Wasatch CountyHeber$110,847only employer with an average
Washington CountySpringdale$121,100highest of 4
Weber CountyRiverdale$106,893highest of 5

Questions about the highest police officer salaries in Utah

Which Utah police department pays officers the most?

Park City, where full-year officers earned an average of $142,031 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. Riverton ($112,342) and Salt Lake City ($111,360) follow.

Which Utah county pays police officers the most?

Summit County, where full-year officers across its police departments earned an average of $130,408, followed by Wasatch County ($110,847) and Salt Lake County ($104,497).

Sources for the Utah police officer rankings

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 the wages each employer reported, before tax. Utah's file has one wage figure per person with overtime inside it, so pay here is total pay and overtime can't be shown on its own. Every figure covers at least 5 people. Rankings and medians are our own arithmetic on these figures. Each employer's figures are from the newest year it has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026).

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.

How we read the data