Utah · 2025 pay
How much do West Haven City employees make?
$1,879typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$468 – $17,415what 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: Recreation SeasonalCrossing GuardPlanning Committee
✓ 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.
$428
$1,988
$18,091
$155,200
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 $579 in 2016 to $1,879 in 2025 (+225%).
What changed since 2024
- +18.5%Typical pay went up from $1,586 to $1,879.
- +0129 people were paid in 2025, compared with 129 in 2024.
- +225%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $579 to $1,879, while the number of people paid went down from 137 to 129.
The agency updates it yearly, after each entity's fiscal year closes.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
West Haven City
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $1,621 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $367 |
| Total for the year | $1,988 |
Average of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation Seasonal | 69 | $526 | $0k – $1k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Crossing Guard | 10 | $4,959 | $0k – $7k | ▼ 23.8% |
| Planning Committee | 9 | $5,871 | $4k – $6k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Community Development | 7 | $21,213 | $11k – $76k | ▼ 24.0% |
| City Council | 6 | $15,574 | $16k – $16k | ▲ 3.0% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k88
- $10k – $30k13
- $30k – $50k5
- $50k – $70k8
- $70k – $90k8
- $90k – $110k4
- $110k – $150k2
- $150k or more1
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at West Haven City in 2025
- 1Matthew S WarnkeAdministration$155,200▲ $91,113 vs 2024
- 2Edward MignoneParks$136,150▲ $5,853 vs 2024
- 3Christopher WallaceWhssd Superintendent$112,293▲ $29,177 vs 2024
- 4Scott VenstraPublic Works Director$99,926▲ $27,800 vs 2024
- 5James E PehrsonCommunity Development$99,828▲ $3,000 vs 2024
- 6Brock RandallParks/Recreation/Events Director$96,543▲ $12,619 vs 2024
- 7Colt PrevedelStorm Water$91,457▲ $24,827 vs 2024
- 8James AbbottRecreation Coordinator$82,243▲ $19,626 vs 2024
- 9Nathan D ReivaWhssd Operator$80,407▲ $21,860 vs 2024
- 10Garrit HarperMaintenance Operator I$79,559▲ $20,277 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a West Haven City employee make?
The typical employee was paid $1,879 in 2025: half of the 129 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $468 and $17,415.
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. 88 people (68.2%) 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 (98.3% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.7%).
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