Utah · 2025 pay
How much do San Juan County employees make?
$38,220typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$10,858 – $59,711what 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: EMTCorrections OfficerDeputy Sheriff
✓ 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.
$10,902
$38,037
$59,887
$154,500
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 $29,724 in 2016 to $38,220 in 2025 (+29%).
What changed since 2024
- −5.2%Typical pay went down from $40,310 to $38,220.
- +6252 people were paid in 2025, compared with 246 in 2024.
- +29%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $29,724 to $38,220, while the number of people paid went up from 225 to 252.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
San Juan County
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $38,037 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $38,037 |
Average of the 13 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at San Juan County
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +1.3%
People paid by San Juan County in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +1.3%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed -5.2%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 12 other counties in Utah in our data: +5.8%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +54%
Since 2016, total pay at San Juan County went up 54% while the number of people paid went up 12%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMT | 20 | $5,605 | $3k – $15k | ▼ 32.3% |
| Corrections Officer | 15 | $61,178 | $32k – $69k | ▼ 4.0% |
| Deputy Sheriff | 14 | $78,008 | $65k – $87k | ▼ 4.7% |
| Heavy Equipment Operator | 14 | $56,388 | $49k – $59k | ▲ 4.0% |
| Senior Center Aide | 14 | $10,434 | $5k – $34k | ▼ 14.8% |
| Mechanic | 9 | $51,332 | $50k – $55k | ▼ 0.2% |
| Aemt | 9 | $16,934 | $10k – $33k | ▼ 8.8% |
| Emergency Medical Technician | 8 | $2,560 | $2k – $5k | new |
| Control Room Operator | 7 | $41,417 | $38k – $47k | ▼ 2.8% |
| Administrative Assistant | 7 | $21,696 | $14k – $46k | new |
| Library Assistant | 7 | $20,192 | $18k – $56k | ▲ 25.4% |
| Fire Fighter | 6 | $2,775 | $2k – $3k | ▲ 20.1% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k60
- $10k – $30k50
- $30k – $50k50
- $50k – $70k55
- $70k – $90k19
- $90k – $110k10
- $110k – $150k7
- $150k or more1
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at San Juan County in 2025
- 1Mack McdonaldCounty Administrator$154,500▲ $173 vs 2024
- 2Mitchell MaughanAttorney$146,373▲ $33,374 vs 2024
- 3John YoungJail Commander$128,608▲ $12,621 vs 2024
- 4Jay BegayDeputy Sheriff$116,242▲ $15,294 vs 2024
- 5Marcia ShumwaySergeant Corrections Officer$115,528▲ $12,749 vs 2024
- 6Kenneth BlackDeputy 2$113,903▲ $9,818 vs 2024
- 7Dennis HoggardSergeant Corrections Officer$113,771▲ $13,083 vs 2024
- 8Colby TurkSergeant Deputy Sheriff$113,696▲ $10,832 vs 2024
- 9James MeyerCorrections Officer$102,983▲ $6,665 vs 2024
- 10Derek BetheaTherapist$102,325▲ $4,837 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a San Juan County employee make?
The typical employee was paid $38,220 in 2025: half of the 252 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $10,858 and $59,711.
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. 60 people (23.8%) 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