Utah / Department of Corrections / Psychiatrist
Job-title file
Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $198,240, above the department median of $87,386.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Psychiatrists — about 260 people — is $299,670. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $128,839 for this role, 57% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Psychiatrists 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 Psychiatrists — about 27,980 people — is $281,870. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 54% below that national figure, about the 20th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Corrections is $198,240, 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
Psychiatrist is held in 3 Utah departments. In Department of Corrections, the median of $198,240 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Psychiatrist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $236,393 ranks #5 of 7. See Psychiatrist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Psychiatrist 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.
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Psychiatrist/Department of Corrections
Source-specific fields
David Egli holds the role of Psychiatrist at Department of Corrections within Doc Medical Services. In 2019, their total compensation was $198,240.