Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts · 2025 pay · 80 people
How much does a vehicle operator make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
$43,021typical pay for a vehicle operator in 2025
$21,426 – $54,522what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 12.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Transparent Utah · Matches the agency's latest release · utah.gov ↗
Where vehicle operators work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Vehicle Operator 325 people$30,077
- Vehicle Operator 117 people$36,122
- Vehicle Operator 214 people$44,162
- Vehicle Operator 414 people$53,975
- Vehicle Operator 510 people$61,793
Highest-paid vehicle operators, 2025
- 1Darron JonesVehicle Operator 5 · University of Utah$63,985
- 2Ted Q HansenVehicle Operator 5 · University of Utah$63,700
- 3Brock Lester HerbertVehicle Operator 3 · University of Utah$63,637
- 4Eric Holden BirchVehicle Operator 5 · University of Utah$63,502
- 5Wendy L DavisVehicle Operator 5 · University of Utah$63,063
Common questions
How much does a vehicle operator make in Utah cities, counties, school districts, colleges and special districts?
The typical vehicle operator was paid $43,021 in 2025; most earned between $21,426 and $54,522. This counts all 80 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for vehicle operators in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Vehicle Operator, at any level (for example "Vehicle Operator 3"). 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