Utah · 2025 pay
How much do Washington City employees make?
$7,573typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$2,180 – $48,998what 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: LifeguardYouth Sports RefereeGolf Course Maintenance
✓ 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.
$2,138
$7,595
$49,768
$216,113
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 $4,314 in 2016 to $7,573 in 2025 (+76%).
What changed since 2024
- +12.3%Typical pay went up from $6,744 to $7,573.
- +14703 people were paid in 2025, compared with 689 in 2024.
- +76%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $4,314 to $7,573, while the number of people paid went up from 532 to 703.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Washington City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $7,595 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $7,595 |
Average of the 36 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Washington City
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +12.2%
People paid by Washington City in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +12.2%.
Usual among the 46 other cities in Utah in our data: +7.4%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- +140%
Since 2016, total pay at Washington City went up 140% while the number of people paid went up 32%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeguard | 42 | $2,989 | $1k – $5k | ▲ 36.8% |
| Youth Sports Referee | 39 | $903 | $0k – $2k | new |
| Golf Course Maintenance | 35 | $3,709 | $2k – $7k | new |
| Fitness Instructor | 31 | $1,451 | $1k – $3k | ▼ 10.6% |
| Park Maintenance 1 | 28 | $8,015 | $5k – $12k | new |
| Part Time Firefighter | 28 | $7,889 | $3k – $11k | new |
| Custodial Attendant 1 | 23 | $8,810 | $4k – $15k | new |
| Adult Sports Referee | 22 | $845 | $0k – $2k | new |
| Crossing Guard | 17 | $2,907 | $2k – $5k | ▼ 50.9% |
| Head Lifeguard | 14 | $4,316 | $2k – $8k | new |
| Golf Pro Shop Assistant | 14 | $4,116 | $4k – $5k | new |
| Daycare Attendant | 13 | $3,724 | $3k – $5k | ▲ 96.3% |
| Shift Captain | 11 | $79,715 | $76k – $97k | new |
| Police Officer 1 | 11 | $70,834 | $66k – $80k | new |
| Parks Maintenance 1 | 11 | $5,554 | $4k – $13k | new |
| Lifeguard/Wsi | 11 | $4,086 | $2k – $6k | new |
| Police Officer 3 | 9 | $106,629 | $95k – $115k | new |
| Public Works Inspector 1 | 9 | $18,806 | $13k – $23k | new |
| Swim Lesson Instructor | 9 | $863 | $1k – $1k | new |
| Preschool Teacher 3 | 8 | $11,918 | $8k – $15k | new |
| Preschool Teacher 1 | 8 | $5,546 | $1k – $8k | new |
| Front Desk Attendant | 8 | $4,435 | $3k – $5k | new |
| Sergeant | 7 | $111,350 | $103k – $129k | ▲ 10.2% |
| Firefighter 3 | 7 | $80,650 | $79k – $88k | new |
| Street Operator 1 | 7 | $18,522 | $16k – $44k | new |
| Front Desk Supervisor | 7 | $13,535 | $13k – $22k | ▼ 16.1% |
| Planning Commission | 7 | $3,654 | $4k – $4k | ▲ 8.9% |
| Rockwall Attendant | 7 | $1,789 | $1k – $3k | ▲ 131.7% |
| Concessions Attendant | 7 | $1,277 | $1k – $2k | new |
| Parks Foreman | 6 | $56,324 | $54k – $78k | new |
| Water Operator 1 | 6 | $46,267 | $9k – $49k | new |
| Aquatics Supervisor | 6 | $9,967 | $3k – $15k | new |
| Police Officer 2 | 5 | $90,925 | $89k – $91k | new |
| Firefighter 2 | 5 | $73,609 | $71k – $83k | new |
| Parks Maintenance 2 | 5 | $48,414 | $43k – $51k | new |
| Council Member | 5 | $13,500 | $13k – $25k | ▼ 16.5% |
| Power Board Member | 5 | $729 | $1k – $1k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k388
- $10k – $30k100
- $30k – $50k40
- $50k – $70k51
- $70k – $90k60
- $90k – $110k27
- $110k – $150k34
- $150k or more3
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Washington City in 2025
- 1Jeremy ReddCity Manager$216,113▲ $15,416 vs 2024
- 2Thad SeegmillerCity Attorney$182,290▲ $16,241 vs 2024
- 3Ricky HansenPower Director$150,697▲ $12,496 vs 2024
- 4Blake FonnesbeckPublic Works Director$149,801▲ $12,714 vs 2024
- 5Jason WilliamsChief of Police$140,175▲ $17,286 vs 2024
- 6Marcus BottSergeant$135,744▲ $25,695 vs 2024
- 7Jake BennettJourney Lineman$134,584▲ $15,689 vs 2024
- 8Matthew EvansFire Chief$134,400▲ $14,008 vs 2024
- 9Barry BlakeLeisure Services Director$134,391▲ $9,589 vs 2024
- 10Paul MogleCity Engineer$134,291▲ $9,526 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Washington City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $7,573 in 2025: half of the 703 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $2,180 and $48,998.
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. 388 people (55.2%) 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