Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Vernal City employees make?
$53,521typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$35,909 – $74,626what 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: Police Officer IPw Technician ISergeant
✓ 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.
$35,598
$53,380
$74,952
$144,284
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 $43,933 in 2016 to $53,521 in 2025 (+22%).
What changed since 2024
- +0.0%Typical pay went up from $53,517 to $53,521.
- +2108 people were paid in 2025, compared with 106 in 2024.
- +22%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $43,933 to $53,521, while the number of people paid went down from 111 to 108.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Vernal City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $53,380 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $53,380 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police Officer I | 9 | $61,623 | $37k – $65k | ▲ 1.0% |
| Pw Technician I | 8 | $46,378 | $15k – $50k | ▲ 7.8% |
| Sergeant | 6 | $100,448 | $90k – $123k | ▲ 0.6% |
| Police Officer III | 6 | $81,034 | $74k – $85k | new |
| Council Member | 5 | $8,796 | $9k – $9k | ▲ 50.4% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k15
- $10k – $30k8
- $30k – $50k24
- $50k – $70k30
- $70k – $90k17
- $90k – $110k7
- $110k – $150k7
- $150k or more0
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Vernal City in 2025
- 1Quinn BennionCity Manager$144,284▲ $2,755 vs 2024
- 2Ray RichardsJudge$136,203▲ $7,568 vs 2024
- 3Michael D HarringtonCity Attorney$134,310▲ $9,179 vs 2024
- 4Chad WattSergeant$127,990▲ $12,627 vs 2024
- 5Robert A RothSergeant$122,840▲ $12,384 vs 2024
- 6Michael GledhillChief of Police$114,079▲ $13,090 vs 2024
- 7Keith A DespainPublic Works Director$111,446▲ $2,088 vs 2024
- 8Kenneth G. CampbellAirport Manager$107,010▲ $5,916 vs 2024
- 9Roxanne M. BehuninCity Recorder / Hr$106,540▲ $19,078 vs 2024
- 10Ammon P ManningSergeant$106,084▼ $4,424 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Vernal City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $53,521 in 2025: half of the 108 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $35,909 and $74,626.
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 (13.9%) 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