Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Jordan Basin Improvement District employees make?
$66,903typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$55,166 – $89,403what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Transparent Utah publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Office TechnicianCollection Operator ICollection Operator IV
✓ Official data from Transparent UtahMatches the agency's latest releaseutah.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$54,719
$66,978
$90,646
$201,518
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $37,326 in 2016 to $66,903 in 2025 (+79%).
What changed since 2024
- +8.3%Typical pay went up from $61,793 to $66,903.
- +083 people were paid in 2025, compared with 83 in 2024.
- +79%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $37,326 to $66,903, while the number of people paid went down from 90 to 83.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Jordan Basin Improvement District
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $66,978 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $66,978 |
Average of the 4 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Technician | 9 | $60,208 | $57k – $63k | ▲ 16.4% |
| Collection Operator I | 6 | $55,166 | $41k – $57k | ▲ 14.7% |
| Collection Operator IV | 5 | $78,496 | $77k – $79k | ▲ 23.3% |
| Plant Maintenance Operator I | 5 | $59,530 | $54k – $65k | ▲ 15.3% |
| Board | 5 | $5,252 | $5k – $5k | ▲ 6.6% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k6
- $10k – $30k3
- $30k – $50k4
- $50k – $70k30
- $70k – $90k19
- $90k – $110k11
- $110k – $150k6
- $150k or more4
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Jordan Basin Improvement District in 2025
- 1Joel C ThompsonGeneral Manager$201,518▲ $28,101 vs 2024
- 2David Cody KeddingtonChief Financial Officer$199,293▲ $26,501 vs 2024
- 3Matthew GarnDistrict Engineer$166,643▲ $16,379 vs 2024
- 4Shayne E. BennettDirector of Field Services$153,021▲ $18,853 vs 2024
- 5Megan MoakLaboratory Director$139,505▲ $12,903 vs 2024
- 6Mark DennisMaster Electrician$123,354▲ $10,142 vs 2024
- 7Chris G. SmithPlant Maintenance Supervisor$118,730▲ $15,635 vs 2024
- 8Ronald L. SteelDistrict Inspector$115,921▲ $20,393 vs 2024
- 9Edward J GallagherPlant Operations Supervisor$112,528▲ $14,366 vs 2024
- 10Adam HoneNetwork Administrator$111,714▲ $11,941 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Jordan Basin Improvement District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $66,903 in 2025: half of the 83 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $55,166 and $89,403.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 6 people (7.2%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Utah Transparency (Office of the State Auditor / Division of Finance) (utah.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals