Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Summit County employees make?
$75,137typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$46,990 – $109,173what 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: Deputy Sheriff III Year 8Equipment Operator ISummer Seasonal
✓ 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.
$45,841
$74,714
$109,378
$238,827
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 $48,481 in 2016 to $75,137 in 2025 (+55%).
What changed since 2024
- +4.1%Typical pay went up from $72,203 to $75,137.
- +21483 people were paid in 2025, compared with 462 in 2024.
- +55%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $48,481 to $75,137, while the number of people paid went up from 392 to 483.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Summit County
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $74,714 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $74,714 |
Average of the 24 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Summit County
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +98%
Since 2016, total pay at Summit County went up 98% while the number of people paid went up 23%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
- +7.0%
People paid by Summit County in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +7.0%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed +4.1%, as people joined and left.
Usual among the 13 other counties in Utah in our data: +5.4%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Sheriff III Year 8 | 15 | $111,924 | $107k – $124k | ▼ 0.6% |
| Equipment Operator I | 11 | $28,025 | $20k – $68k | ▼ 23.7% |
| Summer Seasonal | 11 | $8,808 | $8k – $13k | ▼ 23.8% |
| Temp | 11 | $4,011 | $2k – $9k | ▼ 11.9% |
| Corrections Officer III Year 8 | 9 | $116,142 | $113k – $121k | ▲ 6.7% |
| Library Clerk III | 9 | $31,324 | $27k – $57k | ▲ 27.2% |
| Court Security Officer III Year 8 | 7 | $102,405 | $101k – $106k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Dispatcher III | 7 | $71,904 | $72k – $90k | new |
| Reserve Deputy | 7 | $8,497 | $7k – $14k | ▲ 3.7% |
| Animal Control Officer I | 6 | $24,969 | $7k – $40k | new |
| Patrol Sergeant | 5 | $141,218 | $127k – $147k | new |
| Corrections Sergeant | 5 | $123,591 | $120k – $124k | ▲ 3.1% |
| Detective III Year 8 | 5 | $105,746 | $102k – $123k | ▲ 2.8% |
| Landfill Operator I | 5 | $56,205 | $24k – $60k | ▼ 0.8% |
| Library Clerk I | 5 | $12,100 | $10k – $15k | ▼ 37.8% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k45
- $10k – $30k51
- $30k – $50k29
- $50k – $70k91
- $70k – $90k75
- $90k – $110k74
- $110k – $150k91
- $150k or more27
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Summit County in 2025
- 1David L ThomasChief Deputy Attorney$238,827▲ $12,610 vs 2024
- 2Shayne Clay ScottCounty Manager$227,722▲ $14,833 vs 2024
- 3Janna Bergquist YoungDeputy County Manager$206,009▲ $2,618 vs 2024
- 4Margaret Hanks OlsonCounty Attorney$205,426▲ $11,918 vs 2024
- 5Bradley William BloodworthChief Prosecuting Attorney$203,026▲ $21,330 vs 2024
- 6Philip C BondurantPublic Health Director$201,745▲ $13,133 vs 2024
- 7Byron Fredric BurmesterProsecuting Attorney V$190,257▲ $53,939 vs 2024
- 8Peter Robert BarnesCommunity Development Director$189,190▲ $16,751 vs 2024
- 9Helen Elizabeth StrachanCivil Deputy Attorney V$185,049▲ $11,682 vs 2024
- 10Joseph S HillProsecuting Attorney V$184,385▲ $11,061 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Summit County employee make?
The typical employee was paid $75,137 in 2025: half of the 483 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $46,990 and $109,173.
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. 45 people (9.3%) 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