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Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 8 people

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

$61,661typical pay for a senior operator in 2025

$56,906 – $66,178what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 1.5% from 2024.

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

Where senior operators 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. Senior Operator (this page)$61,661 (everyone)
  2. Operator Supervisor$80,418 (everyone)
  3. Lead Operator$92,717 (everyone)

Highest-paid senior operators, 2025

  1. 1Ryan D MichaelsenSenior Operator · Granger-Hunter Improvement District$102,668
  2. 2Jason Wesly LenzSenior Operator · West Valley City$68,875
  3. 3Dustin Brose RoarkSenior Operator · West Valley City$65,279
  4. 4Tyler Ray HinkleSenior Operator · West Valley City$63,417
  5. 5Cadence J QuinnSenior Operator · West Valley City$59,906

Common questions

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

The typical senior operator was paid $61,661 in 2025; most earned between $56,906 and $66,178. This counts all 8 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for senior operators in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Senior Operator, at any level (for example "Senior Operator"). 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