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Utah / Utah State Board of Education / Educational Specialist

Job-title file

Educational Specialist

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.

Employees
117
Total payroll
$9.8M
Role median
$106,483
Agency median
$47,695
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

-$2,119$139,191+

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

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

Educational Specialist pay vs. Utah

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 figureabout the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Utah State Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$38,100
$49,150
$65,780
$82,140
$100,280
Utah State Board of Education median · $70,757

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.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,980
$60,780
$77,440
$98,820
$121,670
Utah State Board of Education median · $70,757

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

This role across Utah

Educational Specialist is held in 2 Utah departments. In Utah State Board of Education, the median of $106,483 ranks #2 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Termination Pools
$113,963 · 5

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

Employees with this title

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Jodi Parker

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$124,897
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$73,524
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,732
Benefits
$47,641
Total compensation
$124,897

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David Smith

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$124,883
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$86,814
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$892
Benefits
$37,176
Total compensation
$124,883

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Kimberly Herrera

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$124,762
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$74,017
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,991
Benefits
$47,754
Total compensation
$124,762

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Breckon Heywood

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$124,702
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$74,630
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,417
Benefits
$47,655
Total compensation
$124,702

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A Bodell

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$124,435
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$73,339
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,858
Benefits
$47,238
Total compensation
$124,435

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Garret Rose

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$124,230
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$72,351
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$4,159
Benefits
$47,719
Total compensation
$124,230

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Brandon Jacobson

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$123,094
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$73,649
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$4,399
Benefits
$45,045
Total compensation
$123,094

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Troy Nordick

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$122,994
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$74,458
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,274
Benefits
$47,261
Total compensation
$122,994

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Nicholas Shellabarger

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$122,776
Sub-department
PED MSP Categorical Program Administration
Base pay
$72,400
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,248
Benefits
$47,127
Total compensation
$122,776

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Danielle Pedersen

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$121,697
Sub-department
PED MSP Categorical Program Administration
Base pay
$74,684
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,134
Benefits
$44,879
Total compensation
$121,697

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Susan Okroy

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2017 total comp
$121,414
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$65,282
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$9,921
Benefits
$46,211
Total compensation
$121,414

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Megan Lopez

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$120,984
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$70,710
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,208
Benefits
$47,066
Total compensation
$120,984

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Holly Bell

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$120,430
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$72,627
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,619
Benefits
$46,183
Total compensation
$120,430

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Alan Griffin

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$120,379
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$78,882
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,553
Benefits
$39,944
Total compensation
$120,379

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Ellen Bailey

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$120,227
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$73,167
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$726
Benefits
$46,334
Total compensation
$120,227

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Robert Palmer

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$120,189
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$73,704
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$240
Benefits
$46,244
Total compensation
$120,189

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Cathleen Davis

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$120,055
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$71,616
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,840
Benefits
$46,600
Total compensation
$120,055

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Robert Austin

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$119,041
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$80,204
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$618
Benefits
$38,218
Total compensation
$119,041

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Corby Eason

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$118,160
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$72,079
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,980
Benefits
$44,101
Total compensation
$118,160

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