Utah / Utah State Board of Education / Educational Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
117 employees hold this title in Utah State Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $106,483, above the department median of $47,695.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 117 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 Instructional Coordinators — about 3,680 people — is $65,780. Utah State Board of Education pays a median base salary of $70,757 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Instructional Coordinators across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Utah State Board of Education’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Instructional Coordinators — about 227,760 people — is $77,440. Utah State Board of Education’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 40th 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 100 of 139 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 Utah State Board of Education is $93,744, 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
Educational Specialist is held in 2 Utah departments. In Utah State Board of Education, the median of $106,483 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Educational Specialist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education
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Lauralee Gillespie works as a Educational Specialist for Utah State Board of Education within Ped Office of Education. Lauralee earned $117,886 in 2019.
Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education
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Rhett Larsen holds the role of Educational Specialist at Utah State Board of Education within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $117,848.
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Cory Kanth holds the role of Educational Specialist at Utah State Board of Education within Ped Office of Education. In 2019, their total compensation was $117,533.
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At Utah State Board of Education, Sandra Grant serves as a Educational Specialist within Ped Office of Education. Their 2019 pay totaled $117,334.
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Shawnda Moss is a Educational Specialist at Utah State Board of Education within Ped Educator Licensing. 2019 total compensation came to $116,281.
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At Utah State Board of Education, Nathan Auck serves as a Educational Specialist within Ped General System Support. Their 2019 pay totaled $115,892.
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Erika Thomas works as a Educational Specialist for Utah State Board of Education within Ped General System Support. Erika earned $115,829 in 2019.
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Rebecca Peterson is a Educational Specialist at Utah State Board of Education within Ped General System Support. 2019 total compensation came to $115,542.
Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education
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At Utah State Board of Education, Shannon Ference serves as a Educational Specialist within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $114,083.
Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education
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Sheryl Ellsworth works as a Educational Specialist for Utah State Board of Education within Comp & Excess Pool. Sheryl earned $113,504 in 2019.
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At Utah State Board of Education, Devin Healey serves as a Educational Specialist within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2017 pay totaled $112,496.