Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Cottonwood Heights employees make?
$63,301typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$8,962 – $101,555what 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: OfficerOfficer SwornCrossing Guard
✓ 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.
$8,831
$62,482
$99,905
$190,973
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 $43,101 in 2016 to $63,301 in 2025 (+47%).
What changed since 2024
- +7.9%Typical pay went up from $58,662 to $63,301.
- +0140 people were paid in 2025, compared with 140 in 2024.
- +47%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $43,101 to $63,301, while the number of people paid went up from 119 to 140.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Cottonwood Heights
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $62,482 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $62,482 |
Average of the 7 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officer | 20 | $94,095 | $89k – $105k | ▲ 6.5% |
| Officer Sworn | 12 | $92,028 | $78k – $109k | ▲ 63.7% |
| Crossing Guard | 11 | $7,530 | $3k – $8k | ▲ 184.0% |
| Crossing Guard - Sub | 10 | $8,066 | $8k – $8k | ▲ 4.1% |
| Sergeant | 9 | $127,831 | $127k – $130k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Operations Specialist II | 7 | $50,171 | $17k – $55k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k38
- $10k – $30k10
- $30k – $50k9
- $50k – $70k18
- $70k – $90k18
- $90k – $110k19
- $110k – $150k22
- $150k or more6
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Cottonwood Heights in 2025
- 1Ernest Robert RussoChief of Police$190,973▲ $5,496 vs 2024
- 2Steven Scott JurgesFinance Director/Budget Officer$187,455▲ $8,190 vs 2024
- 3Matt ShippDirector of Public Works$184,455▲ $5,190 vs 2024
- 4Michael C. JohnsonCommunity and Economic Development Director$169,088▲ $13,573 vs 2024
- 5Jared S. GerberCity Manager$167,880new in 2025
- 6Paul R BrennemanAssistant Chief of Police$153,573▲ $1,906 vs 2024
- 7Chris MchughAssistant Chief of Police$145,102▲ $3,991 vs 2024
- 8Scott RicksCaptain$136,944▲ $6,533 vs 2024
- 9Daniel MorzelewskiSergeant$134,803▲ $8,930 vs 2024
- 10Panasai SoakaiSergeant$131,937▲ $7,800 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Cottonwood Heights employee make?
The typical employee was paid $63,301 in 2025: half of the 140 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $8,962 and $101,555.
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. 38 people (27.1%) 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