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Utah / Utah State Board of Education / Educational Specialist

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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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William Deimler

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$131,968
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$84,065
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,901
Benefits
$46,001
Total compensation
$131,968

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Steven Kaelin

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$131,862
Sub-department
PED MSP Categorical Program Administration
Base pay
$81,326
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$314
Benefits
$50,222
Total compensation
$131,862

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Jeffrey Ojeda

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$129,016
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$79,768
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$407
Benefits
$48,841
Total compensation
$129,016

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Richard Gaisford

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$128,896
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$77,554
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,584
Benefits
$48,758
Total compensation
$128,896

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Lavinia Gripentrog

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$128,697
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$75,791
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$4,080
Benefits
$48,825
Total compensation
$128,697

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Lindsey Adams

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$128,293
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$77,536
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$4,151
Benefits
$46,606
Total compensation
$128,293

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Kim Rathke

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$128,025
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$76,988
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$5,412
Benefits
$45,625
Total compensation
$128,025

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Douglas Livingston

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$127,980
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$79,560
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$48,420
Total compensation
$127,980

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Susan Loving

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2017 total comp
$127,186
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$50,004
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$7,930
Benefits
$69,252
Total compensation
$127,186

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Rita Brock

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$125,986
Sub-department
PED MSP Categorical Program Administration
Base pay
$76,925
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$596
Benefits
$48,464
Total compensation
$125,986

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Tracy Gooley

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$125,895
Sub-department
PED Office of Education
Base pay
$74,665
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,998
Benefits
$48,231
Total compensation
$125,895

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Stephanie Patton

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$125,797
Sub-department
PED Educational Contracts
Base pay
$76,756
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,301
Benefits
$45,739
Total compensation
$125,797

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Scott Roskelley

Educational Specialist/Utah State Board of Education

2019 total comp
$125,679
Sub-department
PED General System Support
Base pay
$74,891
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,785
Benefits
$48,003
Total compensation
$125,679

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