Salt Lake City School District school social worker salary, 2026

Salt Lake City School District is a public school district in Salt Lake County. 25 people worked as school social workers for Salt Lake City School District in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $91,725, overtime included.

What is the average school social worker salary at Salt Lake City School District?

Full-year school social workers1

21 of 25

our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?

Average total pay, full-year school social workers1

$91,725

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 21 of 25 school social workers who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$84,058
the middle school social worker: half earned more, half less
Overtime
In total pay
Utah's file doesn't list it separately
Highest-paid title
$106,153
School Social Worker, average total pay
Average pay rank
3rd
of 7 Utah employers

What does each school social worker title at Salt Lake City School District 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.

  1. District Social Worker20 people
    $87,216
  2. School Social Worker5 people
    $106,153

average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Salt Lake City School District pay school social workers more than other employers in Salt Lake County?

Average total pay of full-year school social workers: Salt Lake City School District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year school social workers at Salt Lake City School District earned $3,859 more than the Salt Lake County average and $4,766 more than the Utah average.

Where does Salt Lake City School District rank among Utah employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year school social workers, by average total pay.1

All 7 Utah employers

Salt Lake City School District ranks 3rd of 7, above the middle employer.

Salt Lake City School District
$80k

Middle employer: $88,845

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Questions about school social worker pay at Salt Lake City School District

What is the average school social worker salary at Salt Lake City School District?

School social workers at Salt Lake City School District who worked the full year earned an average of $91,725 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle school social worker earned $84,058: half earned more, half less.

More salaries in Salt Lake County

Sources for the Salt Lake City School District figures

Every person who held a school social worker position at Salt Lake City School District at any point in fiscal year 2026 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.

How we read the data