Utah correctional lieutenant salaries by employer, 2025
100 people held a correctional lieutenant title at 10 Utah state prisons and county jails in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $119,605, overtime included, against $83,699 for officers.
What is the average correctional lieutenant salary in Utah?
Average total pay, full-year Utah correctional lieutenants1
$119,605
Highest- and lowest-paying among the 1 employers with at least 10 full-year lieutenants. The lists below include every employer with at least 5.
- Correctional lieutenants
- 100
- 69 of them worked the full year
- Median total pay
- $118,344
- the middle lieutenant: half earned more, half less
- Employers
- 10
- with correctional lieutenants on their payroll
Which Utah correctional employers pay lieutenants the most?
By average total pay of full-year correctional lieutenants, among employers with at least 5 of them.
Highest average total pay
- Weber CountyCounty jails, fiscal year 2025
6 full-year lieutenants$121,305 - State of UtahState government, state prisons, fiscal year 2025
49 full-year lieutenants$117,917
Utah average for lieutenants, $119,605
Compare correctional lieutenant pay at every Utah employer
Every employer with at least 5 correctional lieutenants: what full-year lieutenants earned. Click a column to sort it.
Showing all 2 employers, highest average total pay first.
| Weber CountyWeber County | Weber | $121,305 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of UtahStatewide | Statewide | $117,917 | 79 |
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"Fewer than 5": fewer than 5 lieutenants worked the full year, too few for an average. Employers with fewer than 5 lieutenants aren't listed.
How much more do correctional lieutenants earn than officers in Utah?
Average total pay of full-year staff at every Utah state prisons and county jails, overtime included.
Lieutenants earn $35,906 more than officers on average. Sergeants average $109,948 and captains average $131,963.
Questions about correctional lieutenant pay in Utah
How much does a correctional lieutenant make in Utah?
Full-year Utah correctional lieutenants at state prisons and county jails earned an average of $119,605 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle lieutenant earned $118,344. Officers averaged $83,699.
Sources for the Utah correctional lieutenant figures
Every person who held a correctional lieutenant title 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 gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other 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.