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School district · Utah · LEAID 4900870

Salt Lake District

Salt Lake District sits in the highest third of Utah districts on estimated teacher pay at $99,132 (above 93% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Salt Lake District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$99,132
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$16,702
Per-pupil spending
19,880
Students enrolled
93rd
Pct. in UT
$99,132

Salt Lake District sits in the highest third of Utah districts on estimated teacher pay at $99,132 (above 93% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $99,132, above the national average of $70,245, serving 19,880 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Salt Lake District sits in the highest third of Utah districts on estimated teacher pay at $99,132 (above 93% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 93rd percentile for Utah
  • 90th percentile nationally
  • 32% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Utah ranks #14 of 49 on the salary estimate and #27 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Salt Lake District ranks #3 of 41 Utah districts by estimated teacher salary and #15 of 41 by per-pupil spending. Park City District leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank
  • +39.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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How the salary estimate is built

FY2023 teacher salary expenditure

$107,839,000 ÷ 1087.83 reported teacher FTE = $99,132

  • Regular program $58,915,000 · 54.6%
  • Special education $12,108,000 · 11.2%
  • Vocational programs $4,065,000 · 3.8%
  • Other programs $32,751,000 · 30.4%

These NCES F-33 program totals make up the numerator of the district-level average; they do not describe an individual teacher's pay or contract.

Instructional payroll mix vs Utah median

Among 41 Utah districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Salt Lake District's instructional payroll puts 30.4% into other programs , 6.2 points above the state median of 24.2%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Salt Lake UT median Gap
Regular program 54.6% 59.7% -5.0 pp
Special education 11.2% 10.0% +1.2 pp
Vocational programs 3.8% 5.4% -1.6 pp
Other programs 30.4% 24.2% +6.2 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 41 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 4900870 · FY2023.

LEAID 4900870 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Salt Lake F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +25% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P93 in state RANK-NAT-TOP P90 national PPE-MID $17K/pupil ENR-LARGE 19.9K students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Wasatch FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $99,132 estimated average teacher salary · P93 in Utah · P90 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Wasatch (+$190est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Salt Lake

Salary neighbourhood · Salt Lake

Salt Lake already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Salt Lake

Salt Lake District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$99,132 Top 10% higher than 90% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Below this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Salt Lake District $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Salt Lake in Utah's upper-third pay band

Same 41 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Salt Lake District ranks #3 of 41 Utah districts by estimated teacher salary and #15 of 41 by per-pupil spending. Park City District leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Salt Lake District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Park City District leads spending at $31,518 per pupil; Park City District leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Salt Lake District

  • It ranks in the top 10% of US districts for estimated teacher pay, higher than 90% of the 10,684 reliable-salary districts nationally.
  • Enrolment fell from 23,165 to 19,880 students (14.2% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$99,132.217

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Utah price level
95.7 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$103,569

+4% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Utah run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Utah compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Salt Lake District

What the Numbers Say About Salt Lake District

Salt Lake District is a mid-sized school district in Utah, serving 19,880 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,702. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $99,132, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4900870 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Utah statewide average of $79,346, teacher pay in Salt Lake District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 24.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (41.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Utah, it pays more than 93% of them. Utah itself ranks #14 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Salt Lake District reports $332.0M in total expenditure against $327.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $58.9M, special-education teacher pay is $12.1M.

How does Salt Lake District compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Utah average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Salt Lake District $99,132
Alpine District $88,988
Utah avg $79,346
National avg $70,245

Salt Lake District pays +11.4% more than Alpine District · per-pupil $16,702 vs $10,282

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Utah districts

On pay, Salt Lake District sits closest to Wasatch District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Provo District. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Wasatch District
  2. Murray District
  3. Canyons District
  4. Granite District
  5. Logan City District
  6. Ogden City District
  7. Cache District
  8. Davis District
  9. Weber District
  10. Tooele District
  11. Uintah District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Provo District
  2. Duchesne District
  3. Ogden City District
  4. Logan City District
  5. Weber District
  6. Canyons District
  7. Granite District
  8. Wasatch District
  9. Nebo District
  10. Murray District
  11. Tooele District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Salt Lake District's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Salt Lake District: closest on enrollment (19,880 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($99,132 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$327.4M
Total Revenue
$332.0M
Total Expenditure
$107.8M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$58.9M
Regular Program
$12.1M
Special Education
$4.1M
Vocational
$32.8M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Salt Lake District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Utah Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Utah districts belongs to Park City District at $99,684. Only third place separates it from the ceiling: among the 37 districts of comparable size, Salt Lake District is paid at the very top of the state, and the state average sits well below it. Georgia and North Carolina are the states closest to Utah on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Utah districts →

Other Utah Districts

Large-district sample from 40 Utah peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Alpine District
$88,988
87,136 students
Cache District
$83,045
20,227 students
Tooele District
$81,073
24,055 students
Provo District
$77,086
14,007 students
Iron District
$72,750
12,739 students
Box Elder District
$75,788
12,649 students

This is a sample of 6 from 40 Utah districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Salt Lake District
What is the average teacher salary in Salt Lake District?

The average teacher salary in Salt Lake District is $99,132 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Salt Lake District teacher pay compare to the Utah average?

Salt Lake District pays 24.9% more than the Utah state average of $79,346. The district's average is $99,132.

How does Salt Lake District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Salt Lake District pays 41.1% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $99,132.

What is the per-pupil spending in Salt Lake District?

Salt Lake District spends approximately $16,702 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Salt Lake District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Salt Lake District's total expenditure of $332.0M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Salt Lake District's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.