Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Utah Connections Academy employees make?
$69,472typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$41,174 – $78,522what 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: Teacher - SecondaryTeacher - ElementaryIntervention Specialist
✓ 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.
$41,807
$69,381
$78,527
$106,155
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 $37,002 in 2016 to $69,472 in 2025 (+88%).
What changed since 2024
- +5.7%Typical pay went up from $65,704 to $69,472.
- +1296 people were paid in 2025, compared with 84 in 2024.
- +46%Since 2020, typical pay has gone from $47,667 to $69,472, while the number of people paid went up from 57 to 96.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Utah Connections Academy
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $69,381 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $69,381 |
Average of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher - Secondary | 26 | $73,341 | $50k – $79k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Teacher - Elementary | 16 | $70,646 | $64k – $73k | ▲ 8.4% |
| Intervention Specialist | 12 | $72,909 | $66k – $77k | ▲ 11.1% |
| Teacher - Advisory | 7 | $77,361 | $37k – $85k | ▲ 9.4% |
| Teacher - Special Ed | 6 | $63,528 | $4k – $83k | new |
| School Admin Assistant II | 6 | $48,263 | $41k – $56k | ▼ 9.0% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k15
- $10k – $30k3
- $30k – $50k9
- $50k – $70k21
- $70k – $90k45
- $90k – $110k3
- $110k – $150k0
- $150k or more0
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Utah Connections Academy in 2025
- 1Jandalynn K. StelterAssistant Principal II$106,155▲ $4,083 vs 2024
- 2Mariah A. ScottManager of Special Education$105,060▲ $4,041 vs 2024
- 3Merilee S. GandyAssistant Principal II$103,977▲ $16,627 vs 2024
- 4Dottie BreretonIntervention Specialist$89,652▲ $18,717 vs 2024
- 5Christina HartmanTeacher - Advisory$87,335▲ $3,969 vs 2024
- 6Lindsey L. CattelainIntervention Specialist$87,240▲ $11,067 vs 2024
- 7Nicole Y. ParkIntervention Specialist$86,370▲ $3,553 vs 2024
- 8Shannon WinzenreadTeacher - Advisory$85,265▲ $4,909 vs 2024
- 9Meggan HansenManager of Counseling Services$84,836▼ $7,500 vs 2024
- 10Amy S. WalkerTeacher - Secondary$84,796▲ $4,224 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Utah Connections Academy employee make?
The typical employee was paid $69,472 in 2025: half of the 96 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $41,174 and $78,522.
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. 15 people (15.6%) 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