Utah · 2025 pay
How much do UTOPIA employees make?
$76,315typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$57,158 – $102,367what 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: Noc TechnicianField TechnicianLocate Technician
✓ 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.
$57,006
$76,262
$102,790
$390,509
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 $52,820 in 2016 to $76,315 in 2025 (+44%).
What changed since 2024
- +3.6%Typical pay went up from $73,634 to $76,315.
- +4122 people were paid in 2025, compared with 118 in 2024.
- +44%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $52,820 to $76,315, while the number of people paid went up from 48 to 122.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
UTOPIA
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $75,789 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $473 |
| Total for the year | $76,262 |
Average of the 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noc Technician | 11 | $68,393 | $41k – $77k | ▼ 0.6% |
| Field Technician | 10 | $63,979 | $27k – $81k | ▲ 0.2% |
| Locate Technician | 9 | $68,916 | $59k – $72k | ▲ 17.4% |
| Network Engineer | 7 | $92,745 | $68k – $117k | ▲ 33.8% |
| Customer Service Representative | 7 | $51,881 | $50k – $56k | ▲ 1.6% |
| Fiber Splicer | 5 | $85,665 | $48k – $92k | new |
| Osp Locate Technician | 5 | $74,594 | $72k – $75k | ▲ 7.1% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k6
- $10k – $30k5
- $30k – $50k8
- $50k – $70k29
- $70k – $90k30
- $90k – $110k17
- $110k – $150k16
- $150k or more11
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at UTOPIA in 2025
- 1Roger TimmermanExecutive Director$390,509▲ $42,413 vs 2024
- 2Marshall A. LeachChief Technology Officer$264,777▲ $21,095 vs 2024
- 3Jeffrey R. ErwinChief Operations Officer$238,054▲ $27,846 vs 2024
- 4Jason D. RobertsChief Financial Officer$221,615▲ $6,894 vs 2024
- 5Bradley J. HoutzSales Director$221,092▲ $7,864 vs 2024
- 6Nicole CottleGeneral Counsel$217,713▲ $38,223 vs 2024
- 7John R. VranesBusiness Sales$179,806▲ $6,389 vs 2024
- 8Dalin W. HackettController$175,586▲ $2,246 vs 2024
- 9Blaine W. CleggIT Manager$170,811▲ $4,640 vs 2024
- 10Brian J. LloydDevops Manager$158,318▲ $7,261 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a UTOPIA employee make?
The typical employee was paid $76,315 in 2025: half of the 122 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $57,158 and $102,367.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.8% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.2%).
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