Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Carbon County employees make?
$43,189typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$14,757 – $67,951what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Transparent Utah publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Corrections OfficerDeputy SheriffEmployee Position
✓ Official data from Transparent UtahMatches the agency's latest releaseutah.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$14,568
$43,247
$67,707
$162,719
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $28,205 in 2016 to $43,189 in 2025 (+53%).
What changed since 2024
- +15.1%Typical pay went up from $37,510 to $43,189.
- −7245 people were paid in 2025, compared with 252 in 2024.
- +53%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $28,205 to $43,189, while the number of people paid went down from 281 to 245.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Carbon County
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $43,247 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $43,247 |
Average of the 12 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Carbon County
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +10.7%
People paid by Carbon County in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +10.7%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed +15.1%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 12 other counties in Utah in our data: +5.3%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +30%
Since 2016, total pay at Carbon County went up 30% while the number of people paid went down 13%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrections Officer | 20 | $66,016 | $61k – $73k | ▲ 12.1% |
| Deputy Sheriff | 15 | $68,574 | $67k – $75k | ▲ 14.9% |
| Employee Position | 12 | $1,778 | $1k – $3k | ▲ 26.7% |
| EMT | 11 | $15,212 | $13k – $79k | ▲ 13.7% |
| EMT - Part Time | 10 | $10,324 | $6k – $12k | ▲ 37.0% |
| Sergeant | 6 | $79,305 | $78k – $89k | ▲ 4.1% |
| Equipment Operator/Truck Driver | 6 | $61,420 | $60k – $64k | ▲ 14.6% |
| Animal Control Officer | 6 | $14,295 | $13k – $26k | ▲ 13.9% |
| Mechanic | 5 | $46,365 | $19k – $61k | new |
| Admin Assistant | 5 | $18,546 | $7k – $36k | ▲ 182.9% |
| Hazmat Team | 5 | $7,254 | $7k – $7k | ▲ 0.0% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k46
- $10k – $30k45
- $30k – $50k47
- $50k – $70k52
- $70k – $90k36
- $90k – $110k13
- $110k – $150k4
- $150k or more2
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Carbon County in 2025
- 1Christian BrynerCounty Attorney$162,719▲ $11,776 vs 2024
- 2Dominique KiahtipesDeputy Attorney$151,696▲ $18,044 vs 2024
- 3Barry R. HorsleyIT Director$146,265▲ $16,814 vs 2024
- 4Jon R. CarpenterJustice Court Judge$123,785▲ $9,152 vs 2024
- 5Keven EwellLicensed Deputy Assessor$115,111▲ $108,477 vs 2024
- 6Justin C. NeedlesEmergency Service Manager$111,047▼ $18,294 vs 2024
- 7Jeffrey L. WoodSheriff$108,461▲ $9,776 vs 2024
- 8Seth MarsingCounty Clerk/Auditor$105,252▲ $9,568 vs 2024
- 9Cletis SteeleChief Deputy Sheriff$104,242▲ $8,099 vs 2024
- 10Bill HeathFacility Maintenance$100,574▲ $25,012 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Carbon County employee make?
The typical employee was paid $43,189 in 2025: half of the 245 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $14,757 and $67,951.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 46 people (18.8%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Utah Transparency (Office of the State Auditor / Division of Finance) (utah.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals