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Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 164 people

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

$131,214typical pay for a executive director in 2025

$109,140 – $185,151what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Each employer counts with its latest published year (2024 or 2025). Typical pay rose 8.4% from the same employers' year before.

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

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Highest-paid executive directors, 2025

  1. 1Dayle E BensonExecutive Director · University of Utah$554,364
  2. 2Wayne A ImbresciaExecutive Director · University of Utah$471,029
  3. 3Adonis M HardemanExecutive Director · University of Utah$422,668
  4. 4Kevin L CheneyExecutive Director · University of Utah$401,940
  5. 5Roger TimmermanExecutive Director · UTOPIA$390,509

Common questions

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

The typical executive director was paid $131,214 in 2025; most earned between $109,140 and $185,151. This counts all 164 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

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

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Executive Director, at any level (for example "Executive 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