Highest librarian salaries in Utah, by employer, 2025-26
University of Utah pays Utah's highest average total pay for librarians: $91,891 for those who worked the full year in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026), against a state average of $67,576.
Where do librarians earn the most in Utah?
The 13 public employers with the highest average total pay of full-year librarians. Library assistants aren't in these figures.
Highest average total pay
- University of UtahPublic university in Salt Lake County, fiscal year 2026
53 full-year librarians$91,891 - MurrayCity in Salt Lake County, fiscal year 2026
6 full-year librarians$77,672 - Spanish ForkCity in Utah County, fiscal year 2026
6 full-year librarians$74,679 - OremCity in Utah County, fiscal year 2026
7 full-year librarians$72,908 - Weber CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
6 full-year librarians$70,398 - Utah State UniversityPublic university in Cache County, fiscal year 2026
19 full-year librarians$69,380 - Utah Valley UniversityPublic university in Utah County, fiscal year 2026
9 full-year librarians$66,380 - Salt Lake City Public LibraryLibrary district in Salt Lake County, fiscal year 2026
38 full-year librarians$65,363 - State of UtahState government, fiscal year 2025
21 full-year librarians$64,452 - Salt Lake CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
94 full-year librarians$60,929 - American ForkCity in Utah County, fiscal year 2026
5 full-year librarians$58,235 - LoganCity in Cache County, fiscal year 2026
5 full-year librarians$55,713 - Washington CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
12 full-year librarians$51,148
Questions about the highest librarian salaries in Utah
Which Utah public employer pays librarians the most?
University of Utah, where full-year librarians earned an average of $91,891 in fiscal year 2026. Utah State University ($69,380) and Salt Lake City Public Library ($65,363) follow.
Which Utah county pays librarians the most?
Summit County, where full-year librarians across its local public employers earned an average of $79,400, followed by Salt Lake County ($70,706) and Weber County ($70,398).
Sources for the Utah librarian rankings
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 each 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. Every figure covers at least 5 people. Rankings and medians are our own arithmetic on these figures. Each employer's figures are from the newest year it has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026).
- 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.