Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 74 people
How much does a fire chief make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$113,723typical pay for a fire chief in 2025
$16,767 – $170,926what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where fire chiefs work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Smithfield City2 people$70,579
- Parowan City2 people$4,322
- Riverdale City2 people$101,261
- Park City Fire Service District2 people$207,438
- Tremonton City2 people$60,869
- South Salt Lake City1 person$190,014
- Lone Peak Public Safety District1 person$151,059
- South Jordan City1 person$189,232
- Salt Lake City1 person$241,605
- Orem City1 person$198,830
- Panguitch City1 person$4,936
- Altamont Town1 person$4,793
- Payson City1 person$172,031
- South Weber City1 person$123,622
- Mount Pleasant City1 person$2,375
- Elk Ridge City1 person$8,520
- American Fork City1 person$156,236
- Dammeron Valley Fire Special Service District1 person$86,769
- Ephraim City1 person$80,889
- San Juan County1 person$61,558
- Blanding City1 person$25,280
- Provo City1 person$193,626
- Price City1 person$90,341
- Flaming Gorge Fire & EMS District1 person$10,304
- Santa Clara City1 person$104,074
- Bluffdale City1 person$146,350
- Ogden City1 person$191,334
- Delta City1 person$16,485
- Ferron City1 person$4,990
- Weber Fire District1 person$167,611
- Murray City1 person$173,067
- Moab Valley Fire Protection District1 person$127,608
- Lehi City1 person$182,394
- Garden City Fire Protection District1 person$91,361
- West Valley City1 person$223,528
- Cedar City1 person$120,843
- North Fork Special Service District1 person$137,531
- Wales Town1 person$600
- Moroni City1 person$1,925
- Washington City1 person$134,400
- Santaquin City1 person$131,173
- Sandy City1 person$185,866
- Orangeville City1 person$3,817
- Morgan County1 person$106,602
- Rush Valley Town1 person$4,800
- Roy City1 person$132,385
- Richfield City1 person$6,912
- South Ogden City1 person$158,485
- East Zion Special Service District1 person$48,000
- Kaysville City1 person$150,842
- Roosevelt City1 person$17,614
- Tooele City1 person$132,971
- West Jordan City1 person$209,145
- Duchesne City1 person$10,617
- Logan City1 person$138,915
- Wasatch County Fire Protection SSD1 person$192,856
- Syracuse City1 person$172,739
- Draper City1 person$184,907
- Brigham City1 person$136,770
- Tooele County1 person$32,914
- Mantua Town1 person$2,709
- St. George City1 person$195,304
- Manti City1 person$2,100
- Clarkston Town1 person$810
- Spring City1 person$2,947
- Saratoga Springs1 person$159,101
- Apple Valley Town1 person$57,557
- Layton City1 person$199,066
- Kanab City1 person$100,818
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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).
- Fire Chief (this page)$113,723 (everyone)
- Assistant Fire Chief$132,582 (everyone)
- Deputy Fire Chief$145,974 (everyone)
Highest-paid fire chiefs, 2025
- 1Karl LiebFire Chief · Salt Lake City$241,605
- 2Peter EmeryFire Chief · Park City Fire Service District$226,896
- 3John C EvansFire Chief · West Valley City$223,528
- 4Derek MaxfieldFire Chief · West Jordan City$209,145
- 5Ward Kevin CFire Chief · Layton City$199,066
Common questions
How much does a fire chief make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical fire chief was paid $113,723 in 2025; most earned between $16,767 and $170,926. This counts all 74 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for fire chiefs in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Fire Chief, at any level (for example "Fire Chief"). 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