State of Utah social worker salary, 2025
The State of Utah counts as one employer here: the file doesn't say which state agency each person works for. Its staff work across the state, so its figures are compared only with the state as a whole. 677 people worked as social workers for State of Utah in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $62,061, overtime included.
What is the average social worker salary at State of Utah?
Full-year social workers1
278 of 677
our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?
Based on the 278 of 677 social workers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $59,535
- the middle social worker: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $75,367
- Caseworker Specialist I, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 4th
- of 5 Utah employers
What does each social worker title at State of Utah 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.
- Caseworker Specialist I$75,367
- Caseworker Specialist II$59,168
- Social Worker$68,903
- Social Worker, Usdbfewer than 5
- Caseworker I$54,848
- Caseworker II$52,191
- Caseworker III$67,516
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does State of Utah pay social workers more than other Utah employers?
Average total pay of full-year social workers: State of Utah next to every Utah employer together.1
- State of Utah$62,061
- All employers in Utah$64,543
Full-year social workers at State of Utah earned $2,482 less than the Utah average.
Where does State of Utah rank among Utah employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year social workers, by average total pay.1
All 5 Utah employers
State of Utah ranks 4th of 5, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $64,150
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about social worker pay at State of Utah
What is the average social worker salary at State of Utah?
Social workers at State of Utah who worked the full year earned an average of $62,061 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle social worker earned $59,535: half earned more, half less.
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Sources for the State of Utah figures
Every person who held a social worker position at State of Utah 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.