Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Labor Commission (Utah) employees make?
$53,615typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$31,421 – $71,182what 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: Safety and Health OfficerLabor Commission SpecialistElevator/Boiler Inspector
✓ 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.
$31,589
$53,655
$70,980
$221,241
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 $40,171 in 2016 to $53,615 in 2025 (+33%).
What changed since 2024
- +4.7%Typical pay went up from $51,206 to $53,615.
- −6153 people were paid in 2025, compared with 159 in 2024.
- +33%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $40,171 to $53,615, while the number of people paid went down from 162 to 153.
The agency updates it yearly, after the fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Labor Commission (Utah)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $53,651 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $4 |
| Total for the year | $53,655 |
Average of the 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety and Health Officer | 30 | $53,189 | $53k – $61k | ▲ 5.4% |
| Labor Commission Specialist | 16 | $45,399 | $28k – $48k | ▲ 1.0% |
| Elevator/Boiler Inspector | 11 | $67,180 | $66k – $70k | ▲ 3.2% |
| Board/Commission Member | 11 | $630 | $1k – $2k | ▲ 0.0% |
| Administrative Law Judge II | 6 | $111,999 | $106k – $113k | ▲ 8.6% |
| Insurance Compliance Specialist | 6 | $39,094 | $13k – $50k | ▼ 16.8% |
| Uald Investigator II | 6 | $38,006 | $18k – $62k | ▼ 34.1% |
| Labor Commission Program Manager | 5 | $100,570 | $72k – $102k | ▲ 7.9% |
| Uald Investigator III | 5 | $65,066 | $7k – $66k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k19
- $10k – $30k17
- $30k – $50k20
- $50k – $70k57
- $70k – $90k16
- $90k – $110k10
- $110k – $150k12
- $150k or more2
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Labor Commission in 2025
- 1Jaceson MaughanCommissioner Labor Commission$221,241▲ $8,850 vs 2024
- 2Christopher HillDeputy Commissioner Labor Commission$177,232▲ $10,757 vs 2024
- 3Ronald DresslerDirector Industrial Accidents$142,304▲ $7,566 vs 2024
- 4James WhitacreDirector Quality and Process Improvement$139,117▲ $15,141 vs 2024
- 5Matthew NattDirector Adjudication Division$136,534▲ $14,695 vs 2024
- 6Phu LeDirector Agency Administrative Services$133,846▲ $7,107 vs 2024
- 7Rick SturmDirector Boiler Elev. and Coal Mine Safety Division$133,745▲ $10,006 vs 2024
- 8Colleen TraynerAdministrative Law Judge II$131,148▲ $10,096 vs 2024
- 9Floyd JohnsonDirector Occupational Safety and Health Division$128,390▲ $9,596 vs 2024
- 10Eric OlsenDivision Director$123,471▲ $10,876 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Labor Commission (Utah) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $53,615 in 2025: half of the 153 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $31,421 and $71,182.
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. 19 people (12.4%) 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 (99.6% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.4%).
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 the 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