Utah · 2025 pay
How much do South Jordan City employees make?
$53,852typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$5,326 – $81,542what 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: Seasonal Parks MaintenanceRecreation Aide SeasonalPolice Officer
✓ 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.
$5,307
$53,630
$81,647
$239,986
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 $20,436 in 2016 to $53,852 in 2025 (+164%).
What changed since 2024
- −0.3%Typical pay went down from $54,019 to $53,852.
- +38753 people were paid in 2025, compared with 715 in 2024.
- +164%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $20,436 to $53,852, while the number of people paid went up from 614 to 753.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
South Jordan City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $52,993 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $602 |
| Extra pay | $36 |
| Total for the year | $53,630 |
Average of the 38 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at South Jordan City
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +4.8%
People paid by South Jordan City in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +4.8%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed -0.3%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 43 other cities in Utah in our data: +7.5%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +116%
Since 2016, total pay at South Jordan City went up 116% while the number of people paid went up 23%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonal Parks Maintenance | 46 | $5,023 | $4k – $7k | ▲ 0.3% |
| Recreation Aide Seasonal | 42 | $1,549 | $1k – $3k | ▲ 96.5% |
| Police Officer | 31 | $68,134 | $26k – $74k | ▼ 3.4% |
| Crossing Guard | 31 | $5,812 | $5k – $6k | ▲ 5.5% |
| Mulligans Customer Service | 23 | $1,274 | $1k – $4k | ▼ 27.5% |
| Master Police Officer | 21 | $101,853 | $98k – $110k | ▲ 4.3% |
| Crossing Guard Sub | 20 | $1,993 | $1k – $3k | ▲ 69.7% |
| Senior Firefighter Advanced EMT | 19 | $71,768 | $64k – $79k | new |
| Mulligans Shift Lead | 19 | $1,605 | $1k – $4k | ▼ 67.0% |
| Parks Maintenance Worker | 15 | $43,857 | $28k – $51k | ▲ 19.0% |
| Water Maintenance Worker | 15 | $30,353 | $13k – $56k | ▲ 15.0% |
| Fire Captain | 13 | $106,112 | $103k – $112k | ▼ 0.7% |
| Firefighter Engineer | 13 | $94,720 | $91k – $100k | new |
| Senior Firefighter Paramedic | 13 | $77,894 | $74k – $89k | new |
| Police Sergeant | 12 | $119,571 | $117k – $123k | ▲ 6.3% |
| Senior Police Officer | 11 | $87,827 | $86k – $95k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Firefighter Advanced EMT | 10 | $58,329 | $56k – $67k | new |
| Golf Course Maintenance (Part-Time) | 10 | $4,223 | $1k – $6k | ▲ 21.8% |
| Mulligans Laborer | 10 | $1,347 | $1k – $2k | ▼ 32.0% |
| Paramedic | 9 | $40,513 | $24k – $66k | ▲ 22.2% |
| Street Maintenance Worker | 9 | $21,930 | $5k – $29k | new |
| Arts and Culture Recreation Aide | 9 | $4,129 | $2k – $6k | ▲ 83.9% |
| Recreation Aide | 9 | $3,057 | $1k – $4k | new |
| Firefighter Paramedic | 8 | $68,741 | $62k – $70k | new |
| Recreation Site Supervisor | 8 | $6,083 | $3k – $9k | ▲ 57.2% |
| Engineering Inspector | 7 | $77,387 | $71k – $87k | ▼ 5.6% |
| Street Maintenance Worker III | 7 | $66,077 | $65k – $68k | new |
| Parks Maintenance Worker II | 7 | $57,791 | $57k – $62k | ▲ 4.8% |
| Planning Commissioner | 7 | $800 | $1k – $1k | ▲ 33.3% |
| Storm Water Maintenance III | 6 | $68,984 | $69k – $69k | ▲ 0.5% |
| Building/Code Inspector III | 5 | $85,733 | $69k – $89k | new |
| Street Maintenance Supervisor | 5 | $76,216 | $73k – $80k | ▲ 6.2% |
| Parks Maintenance Worker III | 5 | $69,273 | $62k – $70k | new |
| Billing Clerk | 5 | $57,918 | $56k – $58k | new |
| Council Member | 5 | $24,462 | $19k – $25k | ▲ 29.0% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k248
- $10k – $30k65
- $30k – $50k43
- $50k – $70k132
- $70k – $90k121
- $90k – $110k72
- $110k – $150k51
- $150k or more21
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at South Jordan City in 2025
- 1Leonard Jeff CarrChief of Police$239,986▲ $9,122 vs 2024
- 2Dustin P. LewisCity Manager$234,724▲ $8,601 vs 2024
- 3Ryan W LooseCity Attorney$201,836▲ $7,351 vs 2024
- 4Jason RasmussenAssistant City Manager$198,662▲ $8,353 vs 2024
- 5Christopher William DawsonFire Chief$189,232▲ $7,298 vs 2024
- 6Brad A. KlavanoDirector of Engineering Services/City Engineer$182,369▲ $7,047 vs 2024
- 7Don R TingeyDirector of Strategy and Budget$174,980▲ $8,028 vs 2024
- 8Brian Alan PreeceDirector of Planning$173,784▲ $6,792 vs 2024
- 9Sunil K NaiduChief Financial Officer$173,646▲ $6,719 vs 2024
- 10Robert D HansenDeputy Police Chief$169,945▲ $8,368 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a South Jordan City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $53,852 in 2025: half of the 753 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $5,326 and $81,542.
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. 248 people (32.9%) 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 (96.9% of all pay), overtime (2.9%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.2%).
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; 2 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals