Wasatch County correctional officer salary, 2025
20 people worked as correctional officers for Wasatch County in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $97,986, overtime included.
What is the average correctional officer salary at Wasatch County?
Full-year correctional officers1
13 of 20
our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?
Based on the 13 of 20 correctional officers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $97,058
- the middle correctional officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $97,986
- Corrections Officer, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 3rd
- of 17 Utah employers
What does each correctional officer title at Wasatch County pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 Utah's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Corrections Officer$97,986
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Correctional sergeant pay at Wasatch County
Ranks above officer, kept out of the officer figures on this page. Each rank's name leads to its statewide overview. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|
| Officers | 20 | $97,986 |
| Sergeants | 5 | $111,438 |
Full-year sergeants averaged $111,438, $13,452 more than officers.
Does Wasatch County pay correctional officers more than other Utah employers?
Average total pay of full-year correctional officers: Wasatch County next to every Utah employer together.1
- Wasatch County$97,986
- All employers in Utah$83,699
Full-year correctional officers at Wasatch County earned $14,287 more than the Utah average.
Where does Wasatch County rank among Utah employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year correctional officers, by average total pay.1
All 17 Utah employers
Wasatch County ranks 3rd of 17, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $78,922
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about correctional officer pay at Wasatch County
What is the average correctional officer salary at Wasatch County?
Correctional officers at Wasatch County who worked the full year earned an average of $97,986 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle correctional officer earned $97,058: half earned more, half less.
How much does a correctional sergeant make at Wasatch County?
Full-year sergeants at Wasatch County averaged $111,438 in total pay in fiscal year 2025, overtime included.
More public salaries at Wasatch County
Sources for the Wasatch County figures
Every person who held a correctional officer position at Wasatch County at any point in fiscal year 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much as in that year, earned at least 90% of that pay in the job's titles, and were paid at least $15,080, a full year at Utah's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.2 Utah's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is the wages the employer reported, before tax. Utah's file has one wage figure per person with overtime inside it, so pay here is total pay and overtime can't be shown on its own. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor: title, wages and benefits of every employee of every Utah city, town, county and local district, as each reports them for its fiscal year.
- Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.