Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 52 people
How much does a software engineer make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$116,809typical pay for a software engineer in 2025
$89,519 – $144,951what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where software engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Software Engineer8 people$98,003
- Software Engineer III7 people$109,613
- Software Engineer II27 people$144,557
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).
- Software Engineer (this page)$116,809 (everyone)
- Senior Software Engineer$138,869 (everyone)
Highest-paid software engineers, 2025
- 1Sam John WolfeSoftware Engineer II · University of Utah$184,758
- 2Yi LinSoftware Engineer II · University of Utah$182,970
- 3Tony DrakeSoftware Engineer II · University of Utah$178,143
- 4Quinn HeapSoftware Engineer II · University of Utah$177,715
- 5Zach RizziSoftware Engineer II · University of Utah$169,603
Common questions
How much does a software engineer make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical software engineer was paid $116,809 in 2025; most earned between $89,519 and $144,951. This counts all 52 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for software engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Software Engineer, at any level (for example "Software Engineer"). 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