Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Spectrum Academy employees make?
$21,777typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$9,197 – $52,482what 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: ParaprofessionalsTeachersBehavior Department
✓ 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.
$9,143
$21,633
$52,707
$145,000
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 $15,364 in 2016 to $21,777 in 2025 (+42%).
What changed since 2024
- +6.9%Typical pay went up from $20,367 to $21,777.
- −3816 people were paid in 2025, compared with 819 in 2024.
- +42%Since 2019, typical pay has gone from $15,358 to $21,777, while the number of people paid went up from 608 to 816.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Spectrum Academy
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $21,417 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $9 |
| Extra pay | $207 |
| Total for the year | $21,633 |
Average of the 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraprofessionals | 320 | $14,203 | $7k – $20k | ▲ 30.2% |
| Teachers | 197 | $56,477 | $36k – $66k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Behavior Department | 42 | $29,254 | $22k – $43k | ▼ 5.7% |
| Substitute Teachers | 33 | $2,618 | $1k – $12k | ▼ 11.6% |
| Admin Misc - Other | 25 | $59,420 | $35k – $89k | ▼ 9.3% |
| Sped Specialist | 16 | $72,518 | $68k – $79k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Food Service Workers | 16 | $10,406 | $9k – $14k | ▼ 17.2% |
| Speech Language Pathologists | 14 | $77,589 | $62k – $93k | ▲ 8.4% |
| Speech Language Techs | 14 | $43,895 | $9k – $58k | ▼ 13.9% |
| Level II Para | 14 | $31,889 | $28k – $36k | ▲ 3.2% |
| Food Truck | 14 | $503 | $0k – $1k | ▲ 52.1% |
| Clerical Staff - Front Office | 13 | $29,063 | $19k – $37k | ▼ 12.8% |
| Principals and Assts | 12 | $82,639 | $75k – $96k | ▼ 3.6% |
| Mental Health Specialists | 11 | $63,689 | $55k – $74k | ▲ 17.1% |
| Sped Coordinators | 11 | $33,903 | $31k – $43k | ▼ 6.9% |
| Occupational Therapists | 10 | $73,841 | $51k – $87k | ▼ 6.7% |
| Finance Team | 10 | $45,750 | $33k – $59k | ▼ 4.2% |
| Certified Occ Therapy Assts | 9 | $32,530 | $19k – $40k | ▼ 6.0% |
| Nurses | 8 | $9,310 | $6k – $22k | ▼ 38.1% |
| Custodial and Maintenance | 7 | $840 | $0k – $1k | ▼ 21.8% |
| Maintenance Staff | 6 | $18,612 | $0k – $26k | new |
| Librarians | 6 | $8,262 | $0k – $36k | ▲ 24.2% |
| Related Services Misc | 5 | $43,001 | $40k – $51k | ▼ 3.4% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k220
- $10k – $30k286
- $30k – $50k80
- $50k – $70k153
- $70k – $90k59
- $90k – $110k12
- $110k – $150k6
- $150k or more0
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Spectrum Academy in 2025
- 1Elizabeth C. BannerAdmin Misc - Other$145,000new in 2025
- 2Mandy FuhrimanAdmin Misc - Other$140,832▲ $135,431 vs 2024
- 3Joseph DixonAdmin Misc - Other$132,732▲ $36,005 vs 2024
- 4Courtney EnglandFinance Team$125,000▲ $14,600 vs 2024
- 5Steven MerrellPrincipals and Assts$115,552▲ $30,080 vs 2024
- 6Scott MoffattPrincipals and Assts$114,716▲ $20,172 vs 2024
- 7Aubrey WhitingPrincipals and Assts$103,836▲ $13,911 vs 2024
- 8Cherie MarshSpeech Language Pathologists$102,753▲ $12,882 vs 2024
- 9Alex VeaterAdmin Misc - Other$102,000▲ $5,000 vs 2024
- 10Maria SchmidtSpeech Language Pathologists$101,154▲ $11,522 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Spectrum Academy employee make?
The typical employee was paid $21,777 in 2025: half of the 816 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $9,197 and $52,482.
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. 220 people (27.0%) 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 (96.3% of all pay), overtime (2.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.1%).
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