Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Terra Academy employees make?
$22,474typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$4,431 – $61,233what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
✓ 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.
$4,116
$22,296
$60,910
$179,181
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 $9,644 in 2016 to $22,474 in 2025 (+133%).
What changed since 2024
- −0.7%Typical pay went down from $22,630 to $22,474.
- +8127 people were paid in 2025, compared with 119 in 2024.
- +133%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $9,644 to $22,474, while the number of people paid went up from 102 to 127.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Terra Academy
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $22,296 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $22,296 |
Average of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee | 16 | $29,532 | $5k – $61k | ▲ 137.3% |
| Sub | 13 | $1,263 | $1k – $2k | new |
| Teacher | 12 | $66,671 | $62k – $74k | ▲ 2.5% |
| Sp Ed Mentor | 10 | $25,365 | $21k – $30k | ▲ 7.8% |
| Mentor | 7 | $19,113 | $16k – $22k | new |
| Substitute Teacher | 7 | $2,255 | $1k – $10k | ▲ 37.8% |
| Secondary Teacher | 6 | $72,208 | $60k – $79k | ▼ 0.8% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k45
- $10k – $30k31
- $30k – $50k11
- $50k – $70k20
- $70k – $90k15
- $90k – $110k3
- $110k – $150k1
- $150k or more1
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Terra Academy in 2025
- 1William Joseph ZennerDirector$179,181▲ $55,803 vs 2024
- 2Kristy AycockElementary Assistant Director$110,765▲ $1,640 vs 2024
- 3Shane Aaron WhitingSchool Social Worker$105,726▲ $7,017 vs 2024
- 4Lorie A MeeksSp Ed Director$99,413▼ $5,097 vs 2024
- 5Kayleen Holtry RichterHr Director$92,868▲ $55,323 vs 2024
- 6John HuntSecondary Teacher$86,552▼ $7,981 vs 2024
- 7Dana M DurhamEmployee$81,520▲ $108 vs 2024
- 8Deborah G DeberardSec Ed Middle School Math Teacher$81,470▼ $7,916 vs 2024
- 9James Chad MontgomeryTeacher$80,578▼ $3,806 vs 2024
- 10Jared HeapsSec Ed Band and Music Teacher$80,485▼ $2,267 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Terra Academy employee make?
The typical employee was paid $22,474 in 2025: half of the 127 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $4,431 and $61,233.
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 (35.4%) 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