Compared with the local labor market
Archivist II pay vs. Utah
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Archivists — about 80 people — is $56,660. Department of Administrative Services pays a median base salary of $43,653 for this role, 23% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Administrative Services sits in the local pay range
$48,400
$50,630
$56,660
$60,340
$73,370
Department of Administrative Services median · $43,653
The bar is the range of annual wages for Archivists across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Administrative Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Archivists — about 7,970 people — is $64,550. Department of Administrative Services’s median base salary is 32% below that national figure, about the 15th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$39,970
$50,680
$64,550
$83,020
$110,550
Department of Administrative Services median · $43,653
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 13 of 15 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Administrative Services is $66,022, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Utah
Archivist II is held in 2 Utah departments. In Department of Administrative Services, the median of $19,364 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Archivist II role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Archivist beyond Utah
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $53,367 ranks #6 of 11. See Archivist across all of Utah →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Archivistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.