Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 24 people
How much does a police captain make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$139,165typical pay for a police captain in 2025
$103,002 – $150,931what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 3.4% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where police captains work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid police captains, 2025
- 1Robert PatrickPolice Captain · Provo City$156,025
- 2Cory M HessPolice Captain · Sandy City$155,949
- 3Mark D SoperPolice Captain · Sandy City$155,937
- 4John F HepplerPolice Captain · St. George City$153,923
- 5Jonathon P ArnoldPolice Captain · Sandy City$153,844
Common questions
How much does a police captain make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical police captain was paid $139,165 in 2025; most earned between $103,002 and $150,931. This counts all 24 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for police captains in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Police Captain, at any level (for example "Police Captain"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this