Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 38 people
How much does a general manager make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$192,612typical pay for a general manager in 2025
$133,371 – $218,126what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 15.8% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where general managers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Utah State University2 people$57,410
- South Valley Water Reclamation Facility1 person$209,172
- South Davis Sewer District1 person$219,602
- Central Weber Sewer Improvement District1 person$209,672
- Heber Valley Special Service District1 person$285,311
- Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District1 person$193,625
- Granger-Hunter Improvement District1 person$213,698
- Jordanelle Special Service District1 person$208,048
- Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District1 person$247,713
- Central Utah Water Conservancy District1 person$243,796
- Mt Olympus Improvement District1 person$195,663
- Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility1 person$320,647
- Stansbury Service Agency1 person$58,308
- Jordan Basin Improvement District1 person$201,518
- Kane County Water Conservancy District1 person$191,599
- Cedar Valley Water Conservancy District1 person$135,150
- Duchesne County Water Conservancy District1 person$142,143
- Uintah County1 person$43,593
- Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District1 person$255,331
- South Ogden Conservation District1 person$125,938
- Bona Vista Water Improvement District1 person$132,777
- Sandy Suburban Improvement District1 person$186,075
- South Davis Water District1 person$126,241
- Salt Lake County Service Area 31 person$103,075
- Washington County Water Conservancy District1 person$241,847
- White City Water Improvement District1 person$165,756
- Uintah Water Conservancy District1 person$105,819
- Hooper Water Improvement District1 person$153,410
- Wolf Creek Water and Sewer Improvement District1 person$149,673
- Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy1 person$194,134
- Summit County Service Area 31 person$66,483
- Midvalley Sewer District1 person$179,426
- Cottonwood Improvement District1 person$248,029
- Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (Atkinson)1 person$223,291
- Heber Light & Power Company1 person$211,540
- Kearns Improvement District1 person$222,971
- Maeser Water Improvement District1 person$168,992
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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).
- Assistant General Manager$183,042 (everyone)
- General Manager (this page)$192,612 (everyone)
Highest-paid general managers, 2025
- 1Phillip E HeckGeneral Manager · Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility$320,647
- 2James GoodleyGeneral Manager · Heber Valley Special Service District$285,311
- 3Mark E ChalkGeneral Manager · Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District$255,331
- 4Greg NeffGeneral Manager · Cottonwood Improvement District$248,029
- 5Michael D LuersGeneral Manager · Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District$247,713
Common questions
How much does a general manager make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical general manager was paid $192,612 in 2025; most earned between $133,371 and $218,126. This counts all 38 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for general managers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is General Manager, at any level (for example "General Manager"). 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