Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Utah Transit Authority employees make?
$64,787typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$48,992 – $76,057what 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: OperatorExtra Board OperatorFlextrans Bus Operator
✓ 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.
$49,264
$64,732
$75,930
$295,222
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 $44,512 in 2016 to $64,787 in 2025 (+46%).
What changed since 2024
- +4.9%Typical pay went up from $61,738 to $64,787.
- +332,152 people were paid in 2025, compared with 2,119 in 2024.
- +46%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $44,512 to $64,787, while the number of people paid went up from 1,898 to 2,152.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Utah Transit Authority
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $64,561 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $171 |
| Total for the year | $64,732 |
Average of the 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | 662 | $66,097 | $62k – $72k | ▲ 3.2% |
| Extra Board Operator | 338 | $58,219 | $44k – $64k | ▲ 13.2% |
| Flextrans Bus Operator | 68 | $65,608 | $62k – $73k | ▲ 3.1% |
| Bus Operator Trainee | 63 | $5,060 | $3k – $7k | ▼ 20.0% |
| Operations Supervisor | 53 | $77,627 | $76k – $80k | ▲ 4.9% |
| Flextrans Extra Board Operator | 45 | $58,784 | $39k – $68k | ▼ 4.4% |
| Mechanic/Technician Apprentice | 42 | $72,084 | $67k – $77k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Electromechanic Helper | 40 | $57,158 | $33k – $70k | ▼ 9.3% |
| Extra Board Part-Time | 36 | $23,635 | $16k – $29k | ▲ 10.8% |
| Bus Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor | 24 | $94,326 | $90k – $96k | ▲ 2.4% |
| Flextrans Interim Board Operator | 24 | $64,220 | $62k – $66k | ▲ 4.6% |
| Maintenance Road Crew | 19 | $71,208 | $68k – $75k | ▲ 6.1% |
| Customer Relations Specialist | 19 | $23,147 | $17k – $47k | ▼ 13.8% |
| Mechanic/Technician Apprentice Lr | 18 | $71,404 | $69k – $76k | ▲ 2.5% |
| Facilities Service Employee | 18 | $55,524 | $46k – $61k | ▲ 2.0% |
| Mechanic/Technician Apprentice Cr | 14 | $73,398 | $70k – $78k | ▲ 6.0% |
| Paratransit Scheduling Splist | 14 | $13,890 | $7k – $31k | ▼ 68.0% |
| Coach Cleaner | 13 | $47,807 | $44k – $50k | ▼ 1.6% |
| Customer Focus Specialist | 13 | $21,382 | $12k – $47k | ▼ 28.4% |
| Facilities Helper | 12 | $66,422 | $65k – $71k | ▲ 6.0% |
| Fleet Engineer | 11 | $92,397 | $91k – $99k | ▲ 4.6% |
| Transit Vehicle Technician | 11 | $66,600 | $66k – $70k | ▲ 5.2% |
| Incident Communications Specialist | 11 | $31,508 | $18k – $51k | ▼ 11.3% |
| Flextrans Radio Control Coordinator | 9 | $68,207 | $19k – $88k | ▼ 13.2% |
| Warehouse Specialist | 9 | $47,879 | $36k – $51k | ▼ 5.2% |
| Farebox Revenue Receiver | 9 | $26,069 | $18k – $35k | ▲ 12.2% |
| Transit Ambassador | 9 | $14,376 | $11k – $15k | new |
| Intern- Diesel Technician | 7 | $10,586 | $4k – $18k | ▲ 134.6% |
| Manager Vehicle Performance and Maintenance | 6 | $111,099 | $107k – $115k | ▲ 4.2% |
| Erp Technician Systems Admin-Developer | 6 | $88,415 | $42k – $94k | new |
| Scheduler Operations Service Delivery | 6 | $83,533 | $81k – $94k | new |
| Hr Business Partner | 6 | $68,437 | $4k – $103k | ▼ 26.9% |
| Accounts Payable Coordinator | 6 | $39,558 | $32k – $47k | ▼ 9.0% |
| Procurement and Contracts Specialist | 5 | $85,781 | $85k – $87k | ▲ 78.3% |
| Field Service Technician II | 5 | $69,760 | $65k – $71k | ▲ 18.2% |
| Pr and Marketing Strategist | 5 | $66,769 | $40k – $79k | ▼ 9.9% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k131
- $10k – $30k193
- $30k – $50k223
- $50k – $70k842
- $70k – $90k493
- $90k – $110k172
- $110k – $150k68
- $150k or more30
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Utah Transit Authority in 2025
- 1Jay FoxExecutive Director$295,222▲ $8,598 vs 2024
- 2Kimberly ShanklinChief of Staff$230,375▲ $16,639 vs 2024
- 3Nichol BourdeauxChief Planning and Engmt Office$227,768▲ $8,762 vs 2024
- 4Viola MillerChief Financial Officer$226,255▲ $8,779 vs 2024
- 5Andres ColmanChief Operations Officer$214,284▲ $22,395 vs 2024
- 6Alisha GarrettChief Enterprise Strategy Office$207,173▲ $7,675 vs 2024
- 7Annette Royle-MitchellChief of Board Strat and Govrnnc$190,335▲ $37,030 vs 2024
- 8Jared ScarbroughDirector of Capital Design and Construction$188,937▲ $10,451 vs 2024
- 9Ann Green-BartonChief People Officer$183,433▲ $49,046 vs 2024
- 10Edison PascascioDirector Data Strategy$181,897▲ $10,750 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Utah Transit Authority employee make?
The typical employee was paid $64,787 in 2025: half of the 2,152 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $48,992 and $76,057.
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. 131 people (6.1%) 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 (99.7% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.3%).
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; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals