Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Utah Lake Authority employees make?
$37,026typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$6,648 – $52,993what 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:
✓ Official data from Transparent UtahMatches the agency's latest releaseutah.gov ↗
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $14,105 in 2023 to $37,026 in 2025 (+163%).
What changed since 2024
- +25.2%Typical pay went up from $29,564 to $37,026.
- +211 people were paid in 2025, compared with 9 in 2024.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn |
|---|
How many people earn what
- Under $10k4
- $10k – $30k1
- $30k – $50k3
- $50k – $70k1
- $70k – $90k0
- $90k – $110k0
- $110k – $150k1
- $150k or more1
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Utah Lake Authority in 2025
- 1Lucas E PetersonExecutive Director$188,931
- 2Samuel T BraeggerDeputy Director$123,058
- 3Addison L ValdezConservation and Educatiion Manager$67,412
- 4Shelby AbbottDevelopment Director$38,575
- 5Heather Mcewen MckennaProgram Manager$38,466
- 6Anna E HallOutreach Coordinator$37,026
- 7Kelly Cannon-O'DayCommunications and Events Manager$29,218
- 8Marley ThelinConservation Technician$6,830
- 9Joshua W NewmanTechnical and GIS Intern$6,465
- 10Marlen Martinez PerezMarketing and Outreach Intern$4,796▼ $1,819 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Utah Lake Authority employee make?
The typical employee was paid $37,026 in 2025: half of the 11 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $6,648 and $52,993.
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. 4 people (36.4%) 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