Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 14 people
How much does a principal - high school make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$155,937typical pay for a principal - high school in 2025
$152,274 – $169,428what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 5.3% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where principal - high schools work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid principal - high schools, 2025
- 1Jared G WrightPrincipal - High School · Salt Lake City School District$179,224
- 2Jeremy V ChattertonPrincipal - High School · Salt Lake City School District$178,101
- 3Ryan S OaksPrincipal - High School · Salt Lake City School District$172,858
- 4Warren Paul BrooksPrincipal - High School · Washington County School District$169,428
- 5Russell C HolmesPrincipal - High School · Washington County School District$169,428
Common questions
How much does a principal - high school make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical principal - high school was paid $155,937 in 2025; most earned between $152,274 and $169,428. This counts all 14 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for principal - high schools in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Principal - High School, at any level (for example "Principal - High School"). 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