Sources: Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Utah DHRM Public Job Descriptions: job salary ranges; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.
Utah state pay plan Sourced
Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 19, 2025. These are the ranges Utah sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.
| Class and grade | Published rate |
|---|---|
| Administrative Assistant, State Auditor Class 10257 · class description Grade Job 10257 | $7.50 – $40.00 a hour $15,600 – $83,200 a year |
| Administrative Assistant, Govr Class 10167 · class description Grade Job 10167 | $12.71 – $35.71 a hour $26,437 – $74,277 a year |
| Administrative Assistant Class 11054 · class description Grade Job 11054 | $18.27 – $31.41 a hour $38,002 – $65,333 a year |
| Administrative Assistant, Career Service Exempt Class 10171 · class description Grade Job 10171 | $19.67 – $37.44 a hour $40,914 – $77,875 a year |
| Administrative Assistant Class 10610 · class description Grade Job 10610 | $20.95 – $32.47 a hour $43,576 – $67,538 a year |
| Administrative Assistant, Att Gen Class 9020 · class description Grade Job 9020 | $22.80 – $47.20 a hour $47,424 – $98,176 a year |
| Administrative Assistant, SITFO Class 1228 · class description Grade Job 1228 | $25.38 – $39.60 a hour $52,790 – $82,368 a year |
| Admin. Assistant, SITLA Class 10930 · class description Grade Job 10930 | $34.06 – $51.17 a hour $70,845 – $106,434 a year |
Schedule: DHRM job description salary range (hourly). Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).
Source: Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Utah DHRM Public Job Descriptions: job salary ranges. Data captured September 30, 2026.
Pay in Utah, all employers Sourced
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive (SOC 43-6014) in Utah, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.
| Measure | UT |
|---|---|
| Workers | 14,870 |
| 10th percentile | $31,600 |
| Median | $47,050 |
| 90th percentile | $63,850 |
| National median, government employers | $48,290 |
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.
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More about this job
Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Administrative Assistant (government) page.