Utah / Department of Heritage & Arts / Division Director
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Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
7 employees hold this title in Department of Heritage & Arts. Median total compensation for the role is $127,426, above the department median of $47,636.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondary — about 2,320 people — is $100,420. Department of Heritage & Arts pays a median base salary of $83,150 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Postsecondary across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Heritage & Arts’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondary — about 180,470 people — is $104,590. Department of Heritage & Arts’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 27th 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 7 of 9 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 Heritage & Arts is $127,426, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $118,824 ranks #5 of 6. See Division Director across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Division Director 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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Division Director/Department of Heritage & Arts
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Donna Morris holds the role of Division Director at Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha State Library. In 2018, their total compensation was $178,626.
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Victoria Bourns holds the role of Division Director at Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha Arts & Museums. In 2019, their total compensation was $162,444.
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At Department of Heritage & Arts, Ladawn Stoddard serves as a Division Director within Dha Commission on Service & Volunteerism. Their 2019 pay totaled $141,115.
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Shirlee Silversmith works as a Division Director for Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha Indian Affairs. Shirlee earned $127,426 in 2019.
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Gay Cookson works as a Division Director for Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha Administration. Gay earned $110,222 in 2017.
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Hong Vu is a Division Director at Department of Heritage & Arts within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $80,024.
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Paul Westwood is a Division Director at Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $12,202.