Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Highland City employees make?
$12,535typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$4,359 – $52,891what 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: Parks SeasonalLibrary AssistantParks Operator
✓ 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.
$4,248
$12,244
$52,580
$141,327
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 $3,135 in 2016 to $12,535 in 2025 (+300%).
What changed since 2024
- +103.6%Typical pay went up from $6,158 to $12,535.
- −23108 people were paid in 2025, compared with 131 in 2024.
- +300%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $3,135 to $12,535, while the number of people paid went down from 125 to 108.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Highland City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $12,244 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $12,244 |
Average of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Seasonal | 31 | $4,073 | $3k – $6k | ▲ 14.6% |
| Library Assistant | 9 | $12,470 | $3k – $14k | ▼ 5.3% |
| Parks Operator | 8 | $23,894 | $13k – $54k | ▲ 96.3% |
| Councilmember | 5 | $8,064 | $8k – $8k | ▲ 57.6% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k49
- $10k – $30k22
- $30k – $50k8
- $50k – $70k10
- $70k – $90k6
- $90k – $110k7
- $110k – $150k6
- $150k or more0
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Highland City in 2025
- 1Erin L. WellsCity Administrator$141,327▲ $14,285 vs 2024
- 2Robert A PattersonCity Attorney/Planning and Zoning Admiistrator$138,185▲ $98,185 vs 2024
- 3David MortensenFinance Director$131,310▲ $68,746 vs 2024
- 4Jay BaughmanAssistant City Administrator/Community Development Director$114,814▲ $6,619 vs 2024
- 5Kyle T. ChristensenStreets/Stormdrain Superintendent$112,585▲ $5,440 vs 2024
- 6Joshua CastleberryParks Superintendent$111,209▲ $8,272 vs 2024
- 7Christopher TrustyPublic Works Director/City Engineer$108,893new in 2025
- 8Jason E NelsonBuilding Official$105,458▲ $3,786 vs 2024
- 9Jeff MurdochAssistant Pw Director$100,322▲ $6,762 vs 2024
- 10Donna CardonLibrary Director$91,699▲ $10,461 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Highland City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $12,535 in 2025: half of the 108 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $4,359 and $52,891.
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. 49 people (45.4%) 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