Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Tax Commission (Utah) employees make?
$50,349typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$36,352 – $66,315what 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: Tax/Motor Vehicle Technician IICompliance Agent IIITax Specialist II
✓ 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.
$35,838
$50,291
$66,499
$207,522
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 $31,537 in 2016 to $50,349 in 2025 (+60%).
What changed since 2024
- +6.0%Typical pay went up from $47,516 to $50,349.
- +7760 people were paid in 2025, compared with 753 in 2024.
- +60%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $31,537 to $50,349, while the number of people paid went down from 874 to 760.
The agency updates it yearly, after the fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Tax Commission (Utah)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $49,903 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $29 |
| Extra pay | $358 |
| Total for the year | $50,291 |
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 Tax Commission
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +7.0%
People paid by Tax Commission in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +7.0%.
Usual among the 12 other state agencies in Utah in our data: +6.0%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +32%
Since 2016, total pay at Tax Commission went up 32% while the number of people paid went down 13%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tax/Motor Vehicle Technician II | 175 | $39,537 | $26k – $46k | ▲ 4.0% |
| Compliance Agent III | 46 | $59,649 | $56k – $63k | ▲ 6.5% |
| Tax Specialist II | 44 | $56,521 | $52k – $59k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Temporary/Seasonal Flsa Non-Exempt Job | 35 | $6,787 | $2k – $13k | ▲ 4.0% |
| Compliance Agent I | 34 | $42,285 | $15k – $45k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Tax Examiner | 32 | $71,201 | $68k – $72k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Processing Services Technician II | 32 | $35,652 | $26k – $37k | ▲ 6.0% |
| Tax Examiner Manager | 28 | $101,811 | $97k – $109k | ▲ 4.8% |
| Senior Tax Examiner | 27 | $82,582 | $79k – $85k | ▲ 6.8% |
| Compliance Agent II | 21 | $47,791 | $29k – $53k | ▼ 3.5% |
| Tax Compliance Manager | 16 | $83,471 | $81k – $86k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Motor Vehicle Supervisor II | 16 | $56,503 | $55k – $58k | ▲ 6.8% |
| Tax Specialist I | 15 | $46,438 | $27k – $52k | ▲ 12.9% |
| Research Consultant I | 12 | $66,746 | $65k – $73k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Division Director Tax | 10 | $135,514 | $130k – $154k | ▲ 3.5% |
| Senior Business Analyst | 10 | $69,478 | $67k – $80k | ▲ 5.6% |
| Motor Vehicle Supervisor III | 9 | $64,363 | $55k – $68k | ▲ 7.2% |
| Tax/Motor Vehicle Specialist | 9 | $52,351 | $52k – $53k | ▲ 8.4% |
| Business Analyst | 9 | $47,357 | $41k – $50k | ▲ 10.0% |
| Processing Services Technician III | 9 | $40,981 | $39k – $43k | ▲ 7.6% |
| Processing Services Technician I | 8 | $31,783 | $19k – $33k | ▼ 1.5% |
| Program Manager | 7 | $76,557 | $76k – $84k | ▲ 3.3% |
| Deputy Division Director Tax | 6 | $128,291 | $125k – $137k | ▲ 8.7% |
| Tax Specialist III | 6 | $64,452 | $64k – $67k | ▲ 3.8% |
| Accounting Technician III | 6 | $44,455 | $41k – $49k | ▲ 6.4% |
| Research Consultant II | 5 | $72,916 | $71k – $77k | new |
| Certified Vehicle Inspector | 5 | $54,045 | $52k – $54k | new |
| Financial Analyst II | 5 | $50,283 | $43k – $56k | ▲ 22.9% |
| Financial Analyst I | 5 | $48,444 | $46k – $49k | ▲ 9.7% |
| Legal Secretary | 5 | $47,233 | $44k – $48k | ▲ 13.1% |
| General Services Specialist | 5 | $32,548 | $29k – $41k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k72
- $10k – $30k87
- $30k – $50k217
- $50k – $70k217
- $70k – $90k102
- $90k – $110k26
- $110k – $150k24
- $150k or more15
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Tax Commission in 2025
- 1John ValentineChair Tax Commission$207,522▲ $13,646 vs 2024
- 2Michael CragunCommissioner Tax Commission$200,400▲ $14,255 vs 2024
- 3Jennifer FresquesCommissioner Tax Commission$199,952▲ $14,041 vs 2024
- 4Rebecca RockwellCommissioner Tax Commission$199,946▲ $13,292 vs 2024
- 5Jennifer HansenSenior Director Tax$198,618▲ $20,383 vs 2024
- 6Deanna HerringDeputy Executive Director Tax Commission$190,222▲ $9,721 vs 2024
- 7Jason GardnerDeputy Executive Director Tax Commission$176,795▲ $14,245 vs 2024
- 8Michael LeeSenior Director Tax$170,749▲ $17,341 vs 2024
- 9Heidi ReillyFinance Director$166,596▲ $9,242 vs 2024
- 10Frank HalesSenior Director Tax$164,504▲ $8,984 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Tax Commission (Utah) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $50,349 in 2025: half of the 760 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $36,352 and $66,315.
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. 72 people (9.5%) 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 (98.9% of all pay), overtime (0.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.0%).
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 the 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; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals