Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Draper City employees make?
$52,486typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$6,485 – $86,085what 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: Crossing GuardParks Seasonal WorkerPolice Officer I
✓ 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.
$6,422
$51,823
$85,701
$222,401
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 $15,017 in 2016 to $52,486 in 2025 (+250%).
What changed since 2024
- +56.1%Typical pay went up from $33,628 to $52,486.
- −25490 people were paid in 2025, compared with 515 in 2024.
- +250%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $15,017 to $52,486, while the number of people paid went up from 331 to 490.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Draper City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $51,695 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $129 |
| Total for the year | $51,823 |
Average of the 25 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Draper City
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +181%
Since 2016, total pay at Draper City went up 181% while the number of people paid went up 48%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
- +10.0%
People paid by Draper City in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +10.0%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed +56.1%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 44 other cities in Utah in our data: +7.4%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossing Guard | 45 | $3,599 | $1k – $7k | ▼ 5.5% |
| Parks Seasonal Worker | 41 | $5,703 | $4k – $8k | ▲ 21.6% |
| Police Officer I | 30 | $88,902 | $74k – $96k | ▲ 6.1% |
| Recreation Worker I | 19 | $948 | $1k – $1k | ▲ 37.5% |
| Firefighter I | 14 | $60,656 | $57k – $65k | ▲ 85.7% |
| Paramedic I | 13 | $84,091 | $83k – $91k | ▲ 13.6% |
| Police Sergeant | 10 | $127,031 | $110k – $135k | ▲ 9.8% |
| Parks Maintenance Technician II | 10 | $49,892 | $45k – $53k | ▲ 6.2% |
| Recreation Worker II | 10 | $1,344 | $1k – $4k | ▼ 15.5% |
| Fire Captain | 9 | $140,296 | $123k – $150k | ▲ 28.4% |
| Fire Engineer | 9 | $94,078 | $92k – $107k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Facilities Worker I | 9 | $8,446 | $3k – $11k | ▼ 44.8% |
| Seasonal Wildland Crew | 9 | $5,106 | $5k – $17k | ▼ 0.3% |
| Trails and Open Space Seasonal | 8 | $14,291 | $10k – $18k | ▲ 201.9% |
| Master Officer | 7 | $102,127 | $101k – $114k | new |
| Recreation Worker III | 7 | $3,674 | $3k – $7k | ▼ 21.4% |
| City Council | 6 | $23,400 | $14k – $23k | ▲ 4.3% |
| Community Events Seasonal Worker | 6 | $5,278 | $3k – $9k | ▲ 48.5% |
| Parks Maintenance Technician I | 5 | $25,255 | $14k – $50k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k158
- $10k – $30k56
- $30k – $50k25
- $50k – $70k68
- $70k – $90k76
- $90k – $110k52
- $110k – $150k41
- $150k or more14
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Draper City in 2025
- 1Michael G BarkerCity Manager$222,401▲ $39,905 vs 2024
- 2Richard FergusonChief of Police$193,316▲ $11,811 vs 2024
- 3Lisa GarnerJudge$192,727▲ $15,641 vs 2024
- 4Clinton SmithFire Chief$184,907▲ $14,254 vs 2024
- 5Scott CooleyPublic Works Director / City Engineer$183,091▲ $11,767 vs 2024
- 6Kellie ChallburgAssistant City Manager$177,483▲ $36,906 vs 2024
- 7Cody JolleyBattalion Chief$172,249▲ $16,810 vs 2024
- 8John VuykFinance Director$170,161▲ $9,655 vs 2024
- 9Anders PritchardTraining Captain$167,382▲ $41,382 vs 2024
- 10Steve D. AlsopInformation Technology Director$161,041▲ $5,415 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Draper City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $52,486 in 2025: half of the 490 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $6,485 and $86,085.
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. 158 people (32.2%) 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 (99.7% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.3%).
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