Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 35 people
How much does a building official make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$105,458typical pay for a building official in 2025
$86,365 – $118,550what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 1.0% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where building officials work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Ivins City2 people$98,492
- Saratoga Springs2 people$84,957
- Hyde Park City2 people$101,476
- Murray City2 people$108,050
- Farmington City1 person$140,616
- Moab City1 person$121,160
- Utah County1 person$124,418
- Riverton City1 person$136,705
- Grantsville City1 person$114,209
- Hurricane City1 person$102,160
- Riverdale City1 person$121,338
- Bluff Town1 person$2,637
- Heber City1 person$7,942
- Herriman City1 person$124,151
- Enterprise City1 person$6,750
- Midway City1 person$118,196
- Vernal City1 person$85,779
- Sanpete County1 person$72,292
- Kaysville City1 person$108,555
- North Ogden City1 person$103,240
- Syracuse City1 person$118,905
- West Jordan City1 person$116,108
- Daggett County1 person$18,279
- Morgan County1 person$86,951
- Midvale City1 person$25,385
- Santaquin City1 person$108,926
- Highland City1 person$105,458
- Garden City1 person$70,687
- Santa Clara City1 person$111,207
- Tooele City1 person$114,902
- Salt Lake City1 person$245,421
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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).
- Deputy Building Official$101,129 (everyone)
- Building Official (this page)$105,458 (everyone)
- Assistant Building Official$109,202 (everyone)
- Chief Building Official$115,369 (everyone)
Highest-paid building officials, 2025
- 1Troy AndersonBuilding Official · Salt Lake City$245,421
- 2Eric MillerBuilding Official · Farmington City$140,616
- 3Mark Alan SmithBuilding Official · Riverton City$136,705
- 4Steven D KitchenBuilding Official · Utah County$124,418
- 5Cathryn NelsonBuilding Official · Herriman City$124,151
Common questions
How much does a building official make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical building official was paid $105,458 in 2025; most earned between $86,365 and $118,550. This counts all 35 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for building officials in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Building Official, at any level (for example "Building Official"). 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