Utah / Department of Health / Executive Secretary
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
11 employees hold this title in Department of Health. Median total compensation for the role is $58,176, below the department median of $63,678.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 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 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 5,440 people — is $61,130. Department of Health pays a median base salary of $38,064 for this role, 38% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants — about 459,910 people — is $76,590. Department of Health’s median base salary is 50% 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 9 of 11 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 Health is $58,176, 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
Executive Secretary is held in 10 Utah departments. In Department of Health, the median of $58,176 ranks #6 of 10.
Median total compensation for the Executive Secretary role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 13 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $49,345 ranks #8 of 13. See Executive Secretary across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Executive Secretary 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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Record list
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Joyce Mcstotts holds the role of Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $80,409.
Executive Secretary/Department of Health
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Tanya Merton is a Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Disease Control & Prevention. 2019 total compensation came to $70,825.
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Janine Whaley holds the role of Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $70,687.
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At Department of Health, Annemarie Coyle serves as a Executive Secretary within Department of Health Family Health & Preparedness. Their 2019 pay totaled $63,673.
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Laurie Bird holds the role of Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Medicaid & Health Financing. In 2019, their total compensation was $61,367.
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Maricela Cifuentes holds the role of Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Medicaid & Health Financing. In 2019, their total compensation was $58,176.
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Lisa Young is a Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Disease Control & Prevention. 2019 total compensation came to $57,429.
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Karen Smith is a Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Family Health & Preparedness. 2019 total compensation came to $55,511.
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Jennifer Thiros is a Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Disease Control & Prevention. 2019 total compensation came to $53,228.
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Jennifer Franchow works as a Executive Secretary for Department of Health within Department of Health Family Health & Preparedness. Jennifer earned $51,845 in 2019.
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Rachel Beecher is a Executive Secretary at Department of Health within Department of Health Medicaid & Health Financing. 2017 total compensation came to $27,107.