Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District employees make?
$36,084typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$4,623 – $65,784what 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: Admin Control Board MemberSorterTransfer Station Driver
✓ 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.
$4,670
$35,479
$66,520
$253,519
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 $31,435 in 2016 to $36,084 in 2025 (+15%).
What changed since 2024
- +10.7%Typical pay went up from $32,583 to $36,084.
- +5126 people were paid in 2025, compared with 121 in 2024.
- +84%Since 2021, typical pay has gone from $19,615 to $36,084, while the number of people paid went up from 109 to 126.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $35,479 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $35,479 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin Control Board Member | 20 | $3,000 | $3k – $3k | ▲ 0.0% |
| Sorter | 16 | $31,924 | $23k – $36k | ▲ 28.4% |
| Transfer Station Driver | 12 | $50,681 | $10k – $60k | ▼ 45.3% |
| Operator 1 | 12 | $23,908 | $17k – $36k | ▲ 26.6% |
| Operator 2 | 10 | $65,647 | $64k – $72k | ▲ 45.2% |
| Scale Attendant | 9 | $42,427 | $16k – $47k | new |
| Material Handler | 6 | $31,721 | $14k – $44k | new |
| Tour Guide | 6 | $2,869 | $1k – $3k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k36
- $10k – $30k20
- $30k – $50k22
- $50k – $70k21
- $70k – $90k14
- $90k – $110k5
- $110k – $150k6
- $150k or more2
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District in 2025
- 1Nathan Browning RichDirector$253,519▲ $33,068 vs 2024
- 2Preston R LeeOperations Manager$170,466▲ $18,056 vs 2024
- 3Jesse D SimonsenLandfill Manager$130,743▲ $28,312 vs 2024
- 4Adam Cole HackerFinancial Officer$129,012▲ $9,563 vs 2024
- 5Paul B ThoeMaintenance Foreman$121,113▲ $18,018 vs 2024
- 6Chad C StaplesMrf Manager$118,897▲ $26,430 vs 2024
- 7Lance C FlintLandfill Foreman$116,219▲ $5,101 vs 2024
- 8Todd E QuinleyPurchasing Manager$115,251▲ $2,208 vs 2024
- 9Justin Clifford ColeLandfill Foreman$108,746▲ $4,934 vs 2024
- 10Jesus S PlascenciaTransfer Station Driver$106,831▲ $2,937 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $36,084 in 2025: half of the 126 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $4,623 and $65,784.
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. 36 people (28.6%) 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