Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 50 people
How much does a police chief make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$147,298typical pay for a police chief in 2025
$117,158 – $182,279what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 10.3% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where police chiefs work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Farmington City2 people$80,298
- Ogden City2 people$141,733
- Hurricane City2 people$127,004
- Ephraim City1 person$112,152
- Spanish Fork City1 person$169,651
- Wendover City1 person$76,000
- Clearfield City1 person$164,678
- Smithfield City1 person$115,031
- Enoch City1 person$171,296
- West Bountiful City1 person$126,021
- Naples City1 person$109,853
- Price City1 person$108,965
- Kaysville City1 person$184,941
- Layton City1 person$200,584
- Lehi City1 person$176,703
- Kanab City1 person$139,498
- North Salt Lake1 person$203,526
- Spring City1 person$63,845
- Riverdale City1 person$177,197
- Roosevelt City1 person$124,834
- Saratoga Springs1 person$183,828
- South Salt Lake City1 person$191,046
- Brigham City1 person$149,195
- West Valley City1 person$211,970
- Cedar City1 person$147,388
- Roy City1 person$154,398
- Santaquin City1 person$138,721
- Wellington City1 person$108,808
- Lone Peak Public Safety District1 person$160,539
- Mount Pleasant City1 person$105,014
- Logan City1 person$139,195
- Woods Cross City1 person$147,207
- Moab City1 person$194,726
- Herriman City1 person$177,631
- Pleasant Grove City1 person$137,471
- Murray City1 person$207,660
- South Ogden City1 person$163,065
- Provo City1 person$198,521
- West Jordan City1 person$207,840
- American Fork City1 person$146,733
- Sandy City1 person$207,764
- Tremonton City1 person$133,786
- Bountiful City1 person$195,080
- Mantua Town1 person$68,124
- Nephi City1 person$115,155
- Syracuse City1 person$177,057
- Harrisville City1 person$137,296
No employers match.
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Assistant Police Chief$128,715 (everyone)
- Police Chief (this page)$147,298 (everyone)
- Deputy Police Chief$163,667 (everyone)
Highest-paid police chiefs, 2025
- 1Colleen JacobsPolice Chief · West Valley City$211,970
- 2Kenneth WallentinePolice Chief · West Jordan City$207,840
- 3Greg J SeversonPolice Chief · Sandy City$207,764
- 4Craig D BurnettPolice Chief · Murray City$207,660
- 5Craig S BlackPolice Chief · North Salt Lake$203,526
Common questions
How much does a police chief make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical police chief was paid $147,298 in 2025; most earned between $117,158 and $182,279. This counts all 50 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for police chiefs in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Police Chief, at any level (for example "Police Chief"). 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