Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 336 people
How much does a police sergeant make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$121,931typical pay for a police sergeant in 2025
$109,847 – $131,625what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where police sergeants work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Salt Lake City76 people$129,946
- West Jordan City19 people$120,926
- Orem City18 people$110,725
- West Valley City18 people$127,189
- Provo City17 people$117,238
- St. George City17 people$118,174
- Ogden City17 people$129,223
- Sandy City15 people$121,698
- South Salt Lake City14 people$123,345
- Layton City14 people$131,963
- South Jordan City12 people$119,571
- American Fork City11 people$94,460
- Draper City10 people$127,031
- Herriman City8 people$125,884
- Logan City8 people$88,252
- Brigham City6 people$127,130
- Hurricane City6 people$95,771
- Granite School District5 people$99,324
- Payson City5 people$113,720
- Bountiful City5 people$115,151
- Syracuse City4 people$121,125
- Utah State University4 people$74,392
- Tremonton City3 people$102,049
- Lindon City3 people$101,364
- Price City3 people$83,983
- North Salt Lake3 people$121,874
- Roosevelt City2 people$90,775
- Riverton City2 people$36,750
- Ephraim City2 people$95,183
- Lehi City2 people$125,894
- Cedar City2 people$101,333
- Nephi City1 person$53,372
- Smithfield City1 person$83,900
- Moab City1 person$118,303
- Weber State University1 person$9,719
- Santaquin City1 person$108,724
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Highest-paid police sergeants, 2025
- 1Christopher JohnsonPolice Sergeant · Salt Lake City$251,029
- 2Teague Dana MPolice Sergeant · Layton City$179,048
- 3Joshua MoodyPolice Sergeant · Salt Lake City$173,430
- 4Mark WianPolice Sergeant · Salt Lake City$171,196
- 5Jeffrey Laten SmithPolice Sergeant · West Valley City$167,079
Common questions
How much does a police sergeant make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical police sergeant was paid $121,931 in 2025; most earned between $109,847 and $131,625. This counts all 336 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 5.1% of all pay for police sergeants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Police Sergeant, at any level (for example "Police Sergeant"). 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