Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Governor's Office (Utah) employees make?
$65,805typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$14,845 – $109,515what 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: InternProgram Manager Career Service ExemptAdvisor to the Governor
✓ 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.
$15,770
$65,991
$106,863
$345,156
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 $40,581 in 2016 to $65,805 in 2025 (+62%).
What changed since 2024
- +10.4%Typical pay went up from $59,588 to $65,805.
- +5259 people were paid in 2025, compared with 254 in 2024.
- +62%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $40,581 to $65,805, while the number of people paid went up from 174 to 259.
The agency updates it yearly, after the fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Governor's Office (Utah)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $63,556 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $334 |
| Extra pay | $2,101 |
| Total for the year | $65,991 |
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 Governor's Office
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +9.5%
People paid by Governor's Office in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +9.5%.
Usual among the 6 other state agencies in Utah in our data: +6.4%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +128%
Since 2016, total pay at Governor's Office went up 128% while the number of people paid went up 49%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 42 | $4,141 | $2k – $9k | ▼ 0.3% |
| Program Manager Career Service Exempt | 18 | $85,498 | $71k – $98k | ▼ 5.7% |
| Advisor to the Governor | 11 | $215,092 | $202k – $240k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Appellate Attorney | 11 | $116,011 | $113k – $147k | ▲ 7.5% |
| Research Analyst Career Service Exempt | 8 | $14,193 | $8k – $46k | ▲ 17.5% |
| Victim Coordinator I Career Service Exempt | 7 | $59,394 | $21k – $61k | ▲ 63.6% |
| Budget and Policy Analyst III Gopb | 6 | $140,566 | $131k – $146k | ▲ 24.6% |
| Elections Coordinator Career Service Exempt | 6 | $63,867 | $40k – $68k | ▲ 15.2% |
| Receptionist Career Service Exempt | 6 | $16,115 | $9k – $30k | ▼ 41.7% |
| Budget and Policy Analyst I Gopb | 5 | $83,832 | $79k – $86k | ▲ 16.6% |
| Program Coordinator Career Service Exempt | 5 | $79,670 | $75k – $83k | new |
| Program Specialist II Career Service Exempt | 5 | $65,694 | $53k – $74k | ▲ 26.2% |
| Legal Assistant Paralegal III | 5 | $6,847 | $4k – $10k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k54
- $10k – $30k23
- $30k – $50k25
- $50k – $70k37
- $70k – $90k40
- $90k – $110k15
- $110k – $150k32
- $150k or more33
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Governor's Office in 2025
- 1Jon PierpontChief of Staff to the Governor$345,156▲ $7,170 vs 2024
- 2Sophia DicaroExecutive Director Office of Planning and Budget$300,921▲ $45,144 vs 2024
- 3Neil AbercrombieAdvisor to the Governor$270,318▲ $19,609 vs 2024
- 4Daniel O'BannonGeneral Counsel and Legislative Director$250,958▲ $10,047 vs 2024
- 5James EvansManaging Director Career Service Exempt$248,731▲ $27,273 vs 2024
- 6Andrew WaldripAdvisor to the Governor$242,413▲ $104,904 vs 2024
- 7Robbi FoxxeBudget Director and Chief Economist Career Service Exempt$240,491▲ $60,800 vs 2024
- 8Gordon LarsenAdvisor to the Governor$239,750▲ $21,747 vs 2024
- 9Amy HaasExecutive Director Colorado River Authority$231,501▲ $9,939 vs 2024
- 10Carl RossExecutive Director Ccjj$227,167▲ $10,649 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Governor's Office (Utah) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $65,805 in 2025: half of the 259 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $14,845 and $109,515.
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. 54 people (20.8%) 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 (97.0% of all pay), overtime (0.6%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.4%).
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 the 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