Department of Veterans' & Military Affairs

Source file: Transparent Utah — State Government Payroll / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Department of Veterans' & Military Affairs serves military veterans — benefits, healthcare, and support programs.

In 2019, this agency had 40 employees with median total compensation of $49,339; the highest distinct record was $181,125.

Year: 2019
Total payroll: $2.4M
Employees: 40
Median total: $49,339
Highest record: $181,125

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$260$169,120+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2019 total compensation is spread across the 40 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($49,339) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $39,315 (65%)
Overtime — $12 (0%)
Other — $645 (1%)
Benefits — $20,820 (34%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$2,232

$13,657

$49,339

$86,200

$140,265

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $140,265 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $2,232. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Outreach Programs Specialist

7 · $5,204

State Veterans' Nursing Home Officer

4 · $129,001

Program Manager

4 · $85,358

Deputy Director Department of Veterans and Military Affairs

3 · $141,221

Office Technician I

3 · $14,227

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2017	$2.6M —	51 —	$40,445 —
2018	$2.5M ▼ 6.5%	40 ▼ 21.6%	$57,178 ▲ 41.4%
2019	$2.4M ▼ 0.9%	40 ±0%	$49,339 ▼ 13.7%

Record list

Employees

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Cory Pearson

Deputy Director Department of Veterans and Military Affairs/Department of Veterans' & Military Affairs

2019 total comp

$141,221

Sub-department: Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay: $85,761
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,108
Benefits: $49,352
Total compensation: $141,221

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Cory Pearson works as a Deputy Director Department of Veterans and Military Affairs for Department of Veterans' & Military Affairs within Comp & Excess Pool. Cory earned $141,221 in 2019.