Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Orem City employees make?
$7,563typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$1,844 – $52,734what 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: LifeguardRecreation AssistantRecreation Instructor
✓ 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.
$1,843
$7,557
$53,979
$206,823
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 $5,717 in 2016 to $7,563 in 2025 (+32%).
What changed since 2024
- +2.5%Typical pay went up from $7,378 to $7,563.
- +581,482 people were paid in 2025, compared with 1,424 in 2024.
- +32%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $5,717 to $7,563, while the number of people paid went up from 1,216 to 1,482.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Orem City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $7,519 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $38 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $7,557 |
Average of the 75 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Orem City
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +4.5%
People paid by Orem City in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +4.5%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed +2.5%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 23 other cities in Utah in our data: +7.3%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +72%
Since 2016, total pay at Orem City went up 72% while the number of people paid went up 22%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeguard | 195 | $2,180 | $1k – $5k | ▼ 12.2% |
| Recreation Assistant | 118 | $825 | $0k – $2k | ▲ 45.0% |
| Recreation Instructor | 112 | $1,483 | $1k – $2k | ▲ 17.9% |
| Laborer | 83 | $5,301 | $4k – $11k | ▼ 22.3% |
| Library Assistant | 50 | $6,494 | $3k – $10k | ▼ 15.1% |
| Desk Clerk | 48 | $1,500 | $1k – $4k | ▲ 39.1% |
| School Crossing Guard | 47 | $4,050 | $1k – $6k | ▼ 16.8% |
| Custodian Variable-Hour | 42 | $13,908 | $4k – $20k | ▼ 0.1% |
| Swim Instructor | 34 | $992 | $1k – $2k | ▼ 0.1% |
| Public Works Technician I | 30 | $42,192 | $20k – $47k | ▼ 3.7% |
| Child Care Attendant | 30 | $1,293 | $1k – $3k | ▼ 42.0% |
| Police Master Officer | 24 | $100,123 | $95k – $104k | ▲ 2.9% |
| Police Officer I | 22 | $46,989 | $23k – $73k | ▼ 28.0% |
| Desk Shift Supervisor | 22 | $7,223 | $4k – $11k | ▲ 50.8% |
| Police Officer II | 20 | $77,710 | $74k – $83k | ▲ 6.0% |
| Fire Captain | 19 | $108,021 | $100k – $113k | ▲ 1.5% |
| Public Works Operator I | 19 | $47,295 | $32k – $51k | ▲ 21.3% |
| Police Sergeant | 18 | $110,725 | $107k – $115k | ▲ 1.4% |
| Police Senior Officer | 17 | $87,643 | $82k – $92k | ▲ 5.4% |
| Public Works Crew Leader | 16 | $69,655 | $67k – $73k | ▲ 0.5% |
| Firefighter/Paramedic Senior | 15 | $93,605 | $90k – $100k | ▲ 12.1% |
| Public Works Program Manager | 15 | $75,464 | $72k – $80k | ▲ 1.6% |
| Sports Supervisor | 14 | $1,058 | $0k – $2k | ▼ 55.3% |
| Library Page | 13 | $6,290 | $4k – $10k | ▲ 22.5% |
| Publicity and Events Specialist | 12 | $4,240 | $3k – $7k | ▲ 16.0% |
| Firefighter/EMT | 11 | $41,962 | $18k – $50k | new |
| Concrete/Asphalt Laborer | 11 | $9,270 | $9k – $10k | ▼ 1.1% |
| Firefighter/Paramedic Master | 10 | $97,887 | $94k – $101k | ▲ 14.2% |
| Public Works Field Supervisor | 10 | $90,360 | $85k – $94k | ▲ 2.7% |
| Police Lieutenant | 9 | $120,920 | $119k – $129k | ▼ 3.7% |
| Critical Care Paramedic | 8 | $103,313 | $100k – $104k | ▲ 10.4% |
| Firefighter/Paramedic II | 8 | $75,373 | $70k – $81k | ▼ 3.0% |
| Public Works Technician III | 8 | $58,644 | $56k – $61k | ▲ 2.8% |
| Firefighter/Paramedic I | 8 | $56,897 | $55k – $62k | ▼ 11.9% |
| Associate Librarian I | 8 | $44,435 | $44k – $45k | ▲ 7.1% |
| Head Lifeguard | 8 | $3,710 | $2k – $7k | ▼ 29.1% |
| Water Aerobics Instructor | 7 | $1,827 | $1k – $4k | ▼ 25.7% |
| Records Specialist | 6 | $43,646 | $22k – $55k | new |
| Council Member | 6 | $34,311 | $34k – $34k | ▲ 25.8% |
| Light/Sound Engineer | 6 | $1,707 | $1k – $6k | new |
| Librarian I | 5 | $65,423 | $64k – $66k | new |
| Public Works Technician II | 5 | $45,976 | $42k – $52k | new |
| Lead Library Assistant | 5 | $14,033 | $12k – $15k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k810
- $10k – $30k177
- $30k – $50k98
- $50k – $70k111
- $70k – $90k109
- $90k – $110k97
- $110k – $150k64
- $150k or more16
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Orem City in 2025
- 1Brenn BybeeCity Manager$206,823▲ $206 vs 2024
- 2Steven C EarlCity Attorney$199,067▲ $785 vs 2024
- 3Marc R SandersonFire Chief$198,830▲ $10,926 vs 2024
- 4Joshua T AdamsChief of Police$197,430▲ $6,891 vs 2024
- 5Chris R TschirkiPublic Works Director$195,114▲ $11,889 vs 2024
- 6Ryan L ClarkAssistant City Manager$193,120▲ $6,422 vs 2024
- 7Keri A RuggDeputy City Manager$186,773▲ $11,285 vs 2024
- 8Reed S ParkinJustice Court Judge$182,531▲ $1,903 vs 2024
- 9Bryce E MerrillLibrary and Recreation Director$181,725▲ $14,036 vs 2024
- 10Brandon C NelsonFinance Director$179,919▲ $7,062 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Orem City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $7,563 in 2025: half of the 1,482 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $1,844 and $52,734.
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. 810 people (54.7%) 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 (96.5% of all pay), overtime (3.5%) 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