Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 163 people
How much does a school counselor make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$84,090typical pay for a school counselor in 2025
$75,801 – $99,080what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.9% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where school counselors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Canyons School District71 people$83,175
- Salt Lake City School District61 people$90,237
- Granite School District23 people$78,781
- Salt Lake Center for Science Education3 people$80,370
- Utah Connections Academy2 people$71,052
- Edith Bowen Laboratory School1 person$117,600
- Open Classroom1 person$93,415
- Paradigm High School1 person$71,249
Highest-paid school counselors, 2025
- 1Mark UnruhSchool Counselor · Salt Lake City School District$129,942
- 2Christine AstleSchool Counselor · Canyons School District$118,802
- 3Clint FarmerSchool Counselor · Edith Bowen Laboratory School$117,600
- 4Amy HardcastleSchool Counselor · Canyons School District$115,754
- 5Claudia M KassnerSchool Counselor · Salt Lake City School District$115,742
Common questions
How much does a school counselor make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical school counselor was paid $84,090 in 2025; most earned between $75,801 and $99,080. This counts all 163 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for school counselors in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is School Counselor, at any level (for example "School Counselor"). 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