Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 16 people
How much does an economic development director make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$115,706typical pay for a economic development director in 2025
$104,443 – $146,304what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 16.8% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where economic development directors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- San Juan County2 people$63,013
- Cedar City1 person$108,238
- Saratoga Springs1 person$112,016
- Summit County1 person$170,836
- Washington City1 person$122,903
- West Jordan City1 person$172,041
- Tooele City1 person$103,995
- Salt Lake County1 person$158,359
- Uintah County1 person$92,972
- Snow College1 person$104,593
- Ogden City1 person$133,926
- Logan City1 person$119,396
- Lehi City1 person$146,342
- St. George City1 person$146,291
- Eagle Mountain City1 person$107,787
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Highest-paid economic development directors, 2025
- 1David DobbinsEconomic Development Director · West Jordan City$172,041
- 2Jeffery B JonesEconomic Development Director · Summit County$170,836
- 3Kersten SwinyardEconomic Development Director · Salt Lake County$158,359
- 4W. Marlin EldredEconomic Development Director · Lehi City$146,342
- 5Chad D ThomasEconomic Development Director · St. George City$146,291
Common questions
How much does an economic development director make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical economic development director was paid $115,706 in 2025; most earned between $104,443 and $146,304. This counts all 16 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for economic development directors in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Economic Development Director, at any level (for example "Economic Development 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