Utah · 2025 pay · 717 people
How much are police and sheriff employees paid in Utah?
$24,353typical pay for police and sheriff employees, 2025
$7,138 – $95,471what most people earned
Counts everyone paid during the year, including part-year workers, at the 3 employers listed below.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Pay by employer
Typical pay counts everyone paid during each employer's latest year. Short, seasonal roles (typical pay under $5,000) are listed last.
Other types of employer in Utah
- Schools119,723 people$22,012
- Colleges and universities71,635 people$44,370
- Cities and towns46,744 people$9,728
- State government30,865 people$55,394
- Counties21,525 people$34,167
- State environment and natural resources agencies4,251 people$35,059
- Hospitals and health3,557 people$36,894
- Parks, libraries and recreation2,632 people$3,723
- Transit and transportation2,461 people$63,942
- Fire and EMS2,379 people$49,503
- Water, sewer and power utilities2,239 people$68,256
- State regulation and licensing agencies1,882 people$21,736
- State administration and technology agencies1,666 people$81,110
- State revenue and finance agencies889 people$51,073
- State legislature570 people$20,452
- Housing and community development544 people$54,803
- State economic development and housing agencies187 people$70,020
- Natural resources and agriculture73 people$60,615
Each employer is placed in one type, following the US Census Bureau's types of government; state agencies are also grouped by what they do. This page: Police and sheriffs. Employers we could not place with confidence are left out. "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this