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Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 5 people

How much does a payroll assistant make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?

$48,240typical pay for a payroll assistant in 2025

$22,513 – $48,551what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers.

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

Where payroll assistants work

Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).

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).

  1. Payroll Assistant (this page)$48,240 (everyone)
  2. Payroll Manager$74,255 (everyone)
  3. Payroll Supervisor$83,707 (everyone)

Highest-paid payroll assistants, 2025

  1. 1Debra A GinnettPayroll Assistant II · University of Utah$52,056
  2. 2Robbie Lynn EabyPayroll Assistant II · University of Utah$48,551
  3. 3Jennifer A. King-LichtenbergPayroll Assistant II · University of Utah$48,240
  4. 4Jan TiatiaPayroll Assistant · Snow College$22,513
  5. 5Adam Samuel ToblerPayroll Assistant · Washington County School District$8,605

Common questions

How much does a payroll assistant make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?

The typical payroll assistant was paid $48,240 in 2025; most earned between $22,513 and $48,551. This counts all 5 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for payroll assistants in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Payroll Assistant, at any level (for example "Payroll Assistant"). 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