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Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 142 people

How much does an associate director make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?

$127,380typical pay for a associate director in 2025

$89,790 – $158,181what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 6.3% from 2024.

✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗

Where associate directors work

Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).

Pay by level

Levels with 5 or more people.

  • Associate Director62 people$88,741
  • Associate Director I64 people$147,471
  • Associate Director II16 people$158,792

Related jobs and the next step up

Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).

  1. Assistant Director$80,175 (everyone)
  2. Associate Director (this page)$127,380 (everyone)
  3. Deputy Director$132,573 (everyone)
  4. Senior Director$166,074 (everyone)

Highest-paid associate directors, 2025

  1. 1Robert C NelsonAssociate Director I · University of Utah$241,749
  2. 2Doran WilliamsAssociate Director · Wasatch Behavioral Health Services Special Service District$222,903
  3. 3Wade N BourlandAssociate Director I · University of Utah$215,015
  4. 4Carrie S KingAssociate Director I · University of Utah$206,815
  5. 5Robert Scott HalladayAssociate Director I · University of Utah$206,520

Common questions

How much does an associate director make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?

The typical associate director was paid $127,380 in 2025; most earned between $89,790 and $158,181. This counts all 142 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for associate directors in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Associate Director, at any level (for example "Associate Director"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.

Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this