Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Murray City employees make?
$9,143typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$1,628 – $74,651what 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: Lifeguard IRecreation StaffLaborer I
✓ 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.
$1,644
$9,149
$74,485
$222,919
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 $5,477 in 2016 to $9,143 in 2025 (+67%).
What changed since 2024
- +2.9%Typical pay went up from $8,888 to $9,143.
- +331,085 people were paid in 2025, compared with 1,052 in 2024.
- +67%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $5,477 to $9,143, while the number of people paid went up from 953 to 1,085.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Murray City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $9,049 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $59 |
| Extra pay | $41 |
| Total for the year | $9,149 |
Average of the 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeguard I | 94 | $1,754 | $1k – $4k | ▼ 39.5% |
| Recreation Staff | 79 | $355 | $0k – $1k | ▼ 5.3% |
| Laborer I | 58 | $3,013 | $1k – $8k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Police Officer | 44 | $81,503 | $71k – $91k | ▲ 10.6% |
| Recreation Supervisor | 43 | $1,232 | $0k – $3k | ▲ 44.0% |
| Paramedic/Firefighter | 41 | $109,307 | $98k – $117k | ▲ 13.1% |
| Crossing Guard | 40 | $6,326 | $5k – $7k | ▲ 23.0% |
| Lifeguard II / Wsi | 38 | $3,871 | $1k – $8k | ▲ 5.9% |
| Custodian | 31 | $9,695 | $4k – $14k | ▲ 30.1% |
| Group Fitness Recreation | 31 | $984 | $0k – $3k | ▼ 27.6% |
| Master Police Officer | 25 | $110,076 | $108k – $114k | ▲ 4.4% |
| Starter | 24 | $3,503 | $2k – $6k | ▲ 19.2% |
| Maintenance Worker | 23 | $27,226 | $15k – $42k | ▲ 84.9% |
| Head Lifeguard | 23 | $10,736 | $7k – $15k | ▲ 78.4% |
| Facilities Supervisor | 23 | $10,071 | $4k – $14k | ▲ 32.1% |
| Service Desk/Customer Service | 18 | $2,495 | $1k – $5k | ▼ 15.5% |
| Swim Coach | 14 | $1,968 | $0k – $4k | ▲ 210.9% |
| Sergeant | 12 | $126,012 | $124k – $129k | ▲ 3.7% |
| Captain Fire | 10 | $138,742 | $125k – $144k | ▲ 14.8% |
| Office Administrator I | 10 | $12,717 | $8k – $20k | ▼ 5.6% |
| Child Care Attendant | 10 | $2,658 | $1k – $3k | ▲ 21.1% |
| Police Cadet | 10 | $1,350 | $1k – $2k | ▼ 51.1% |
| Library Services Aide | 9 | $9,788 | $4k – $11k | ▲ 177.2% |
| Stage Technician | 9 | $2,898 | $1k – $4k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Equipment Operator I | 8 | $52,806 | $49k – $60k | ▲ 3.4% |
| Water Slide Attendant | 8 | $556 | $0k – $2k | ▼ 21.8% |
| Light/Medium Equipment Operator | 7 | $4,169 | $4k – $7k | ▼ 18.9% |
| Laborer II | 7 | $2,714 | $2k – $12k | new |
| Journey Lineworker | 6 | $120,774 | $110k – $123k | ▼ 1.1% |
| Fire Engineer | 6 | $107,043 | $101k – $120k | ▲ 14.3% |
| Leadworker - City | 6 | $78,755 | $74k – $85k | ▲ 6.9% |
| Equipment Operator II | 6 | $73,715 | $66k – $77k | ▲ 8.6% |
| Office Admin Supervisor | 6 | $69,593 | $51k – $83k | new |
| Utility Arborist | 6 | $54,600 | $36k – $70k | new |
| Firefighter | 6 | $54,381 | $44k – $56k | new |
| Office Administrator II | 6 | $51,268 | $49k – $53k | ▲ 10.6% |
| Council | 6 | $23,682 | $13k – $24k | ▲ 20.2% |
| Fire Cadet | 6 | $731 | $0k – $1k | ▼ 50.2% |
| Line Crew Supervisor | 5 | $135,004 | $133k – $140k | new |
| Librarian | 5 | $56,917 | $51k – $61k | ▼ 1.9% |
| Recreation Coordinator | 5 | $53,826 | $50k – $78k | ▼ 12.2% |
| Site Supervisor | 5 | $215 | $0k – $1k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k554
- $10k – $30k117
- $30k – $50k32
- $50k – $70k86
- $70k – $90k94
- $90k – $110k81
- $110k – $150k97
- $150k or more24
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Murray City in 2025
- 1George L CritchfieldCity Attorney$222,919▲ $11,570 vs 2024
- 2Craig D BurnettPolice Chief$207,660▲ $7,550 vs 2024
- 3Greg B BellonPower Director$204,172▲ $11,485 vs 2024
- 4Douglas P HillChief Administrative Officer$202,515▲ $7,587 vs 2024
- 5Russell KakalaPublic Works Director$179,431▲ $9,558 vs 2024
- 6Joshua P SchultzCaptain Fire$179,065▲ $53,297 vs 2024
- 7Brenda M MooreDirector of Finance and Admin$178,922▲ $9,246 vs 2024
- 8Kim M FongLibrary Director$175,505▲ $16,556 vs 2024
- 9Joseph B MittelmanFire Chief$173,067▲ $9,227 vs 2024
- 10Kim SorensenParks and Recreation Director$167,347▲ $4,822 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Murray City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $9,143 in 2025: half of the 1,085 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $1,628 and $74,651.
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. 554 people (51.1%) 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 (94.5% of all pay), overtime (5.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.5%).
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