Utah / Judicial Branch / Accounting Specialist I
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
3 employees hold this title in Judicial Branch. Median total compensation for the role is $31,698, below the department median of $65,874.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 12,650 people — is $49,440. Judicial Branch pays a median base salary of $34,403 for this role, 30% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Judicial Branch’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 1,373,680 people — is $50,670. Judicial Branch’s median base salary is 32% 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 3 of 5 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 Judicial Branch is $53,538, 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 8 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $42,618 ranks #6 of 8. See Accounting Specialist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Accounting Specialistroles 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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Accounting Specialist I/Judicial Branch
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At Judicial Branch, Nicholas Gordon serves as a Accounting Specialist I within Sjc Court Administrator. Their 2019 pay totaled $60,237.
Accounting Specialist I/Judicial Branch
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Michelle Johnson is a Accounting Specialist I at Judicial Branch within Comp & Excess Pool. 2018 total compensation came to $31,698.
Accounting Specialist I/Judicial Branch
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Dawn Messick works as a Accounting Specialist I for Judicial Branch within Sjc Court Administrator. Dawn earned $29,742 in 2018.