Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 20 people
How much does a sped director make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$90,495typical pay for a sped director in 2025
$71,855 – $95,750what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Each employer counts with its latest published year (2024 or 2025). Typical pay rose 12.8% from the same employers' year before.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where sped directors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Athlos Academy of Utah2 people$43,225
- Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning1 person$54,433
- Freedom Academy1 person$94,043
- Roots Charter High School1 person$93,291
- Noah Webster Academy1 person$89,407
- Providence Hall1 person$100,079
- Athenian eAcademy1 person$113,132
- Excelsior Academy1 person$113,775
- Paradigm High School1 person$95,507
- Pacific Heritage Academy1 person$96,479
- Franklin Discovery Academy1 person$3,852
- Renaissance Academy1 person$93,619
- Weilenmann School of Discovery1 person$69,489
- Vista at Entrada School of Performing Arts and Technology1 person$91,583
- Utah Military Academy1 person$101,082
- Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy1 person$76,760
- Endeavor Hall1 person$10,223
- Mountain Sunrise Academy1 person$81,506
- St. George Academy1 person$72,644
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Highest-paid sped directors, 2025
- 1Eva L HammonSped Director · Excelsior Academy$113,775
- 2Michelle Linda TerrySped Director · Athenian eAcademy$113,132
- 3Bart CaldwellSped Director · Utah Military Academy$101,082
- 4Monica BrownSped Director · Providence Hall$100,079
- 5Leah CharlesSped - Director · Pacific Heritage Academy$96,479
Common questions
How much does a sped director make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical sped director was paid $90,495 in 2025; most earned between $71,855 and $95,750. This counts all 20 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for sped directors in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Sped Director, at any level (for example "Sped Director"). 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