Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 41 people
How much does an operations manager make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$100,144typical pay for a operations manager in 2025
$64,840 – $114,734what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 3.1% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where operations managers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Salt Lake City12 people$102,318
- Utah State University6 people$31,359
- Five County Association of Governments1 person$64,758
- Central Davis Sewer District1 person$134,545
- Beehive Science & Technology Academy1 person$81,875
- Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District1 person$124,234
- North Davis Sewer District1 person$128,982
- Bonneville Academy1 person$104,695
- Oquirrh Recreation and Parks District1 person$89,787
- Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District1 person$170,466
- Davis County1 person$110,351
- South Utah Valley Solid Waste District1 person$139,036
- Washington City1 person$77,283
- Cache Valley Transit District1 person$100,759
- Athenian eAcademy1 person$39,376
- Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District1 person$180,050
- Bountiful Irrigation District1 person$120,642
- Washington County Water Conservancy District1 person$125,074
- Summit County Service Area 31 person$81,576
- West Valley City1 person$79,562
- South Jordan City1 person$81,467
- Franklin Discovery Academy1 person$23,153
- Murray City1 person$147,486
- Cottonwood Heights Parks and Recreation Service Area1 person$71,475
- Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy1 person$125,223
No employers match.
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).
- Operations Associate$29,798 (everyone)
- Operations Supervisor$77,981 (everyone)
- Assistant Operations Manager$97,876 (everyone)
- Manager Operations$99,434 (everyone)
- Operations Manager (this page)$100,144 (everyone)
Highest-paid operations managers, 2025
- 1Chad W BurrellOperations Manager · Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District$180,050
- 2Preston R LeeOperations Manager · Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District$170,466
- 3Rodney Eric BracewellOperations Manager · Murray City$147,486
- 4Marc LovelessOperations Manager · South Utah Valley Solid Waste District$139,036
- 5Nathan ClowardOperations Manager · Central Davis Sewer District$134,545
Common questions
How much does an operations manager make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical operations manager was paid $100,144 in 2025; most earned between $64,840 and $114,734. This counts all 41 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for operations managers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Operations Manager, at any level (for example "Operations 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