Utah / Department of Corrections / Physician Assistant
Job-title file
Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.
8 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $138,601, above the department median of $87,386.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 1,610 people — is $134,740. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $74,700 for this role, 45% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Physician Assistants across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Corrections’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 162,150 people — is $135,880. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 45% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 10 of 12 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Corrections is $97,069, 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
Physician Assistant is held in 3 Utah departments. In Department of Corrections, the median of $138,601 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Physician Assistant role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $79,459 ranks #7 of 10. See Physician Assistant across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Physician Assistant roles 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.
Record list
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Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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Raymond Merrill holds the role of Physician Assistant at Department of Corrections within Doc Medical Services. In 2019, their total compensation was $165,689.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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At Department of Corrections, Terry Jeffries Jr serves as a Physician Assistant within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $145,638.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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Karl Kelson is a Physician Assistant at Department of Corrections within Doc Medical Services. 2019 total compensation came to $142,798.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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At Department of Corrections, Timothy Dennis serves as a Physician Assistant within Doc Medical Services. Their 2019 pay totaled $139,801.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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Kevin Crockett works as a Physician Assistant for Department of Corrections within Doc Medical Services. Kevin earned $137,401 in 2019.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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Logan Clark works as a Physician Assistant for Department of Corrections within Doc Medical Services. Logan earned $52,309 in 2019.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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At Department of Corrections, Todd Gay serves as a Physician Assistant within Doc Medical Services. Their 2018 pay totaled $15,757.
Physician Assistant/Department of Corrections
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Scott West holds the role of Physician Assistant at Department of Corrections within Doc Medical Services. In 2018, their total compensation was $63.