Utah / Department of Workforce Services / Claims Examiner III
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
36 employees hold this title in Department of Workforce Services. Median total compensation for the role is $95,901, above the department median of $69,979.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 36 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 Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators — about 2,440 people — is $69,000. Department of Workforce Services pays a median base salary of $57,647 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Workforce Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators — about 324,230 people — is $78,000. Department of Workforce Services’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 34 of 47 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Workforce Services is $87,653, 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
Claims Examiner III is held in 4 Utah departments. In Department of Workforce Services, the median of $95,901 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Claims Examiner III role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $43,577 ranks #3 of 3. See Claims Examiner across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Claims Examinerroles 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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Claims Examiner III/Department of Workforce Services
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At Department of Workforce Services, Rodney Smith serves as a Claims Examiner III within Dws State Office of Rehabilitation. Their 2019 pay totaled $104,999.
Claims Examiner III/Department of Workforce Services
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Jonathan Uriarte is a Claims Examiner III at Department of Workforce Services within Dws State Office of Rehabilitation. 2019 total compensation came to $102,550.
Claims Examiner III/Department of Workforce Services
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At Department of Workforce Services, Susan Clayson serves as a Claims Examiner III within Dws State Office of Rehabilitation. Their 2019 pay totaled $101,750.
Claims Examiner III/Department of Workforce Services
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At Department of Workforce Services, Becky Smart serves as a Claims Examiner III within Dws State Office of Rehabilitation. Their 2019 pay totaled $101,625.
Claims Examiner III/Department of Workforce Services
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Dustin Bailey works as a Claims Examiner III for Department of Workforce Services within Dws State Office of Rehabilitation. Dustin earned $100,816 in 2019.
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Marcie Fernelius holds the role of Claims Examiner III at Department of Workforce Services within Dws State Office of Rehabilitation. In 2019, their total compensation was $100,643.