Financial Manager

Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.

228 people hold the Financial Manager role across 18 departments in Utah, with a median total compensation of $90,288. Among 6 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Utah ranks #3 by median pay.

Employees: 228
Median pay: $90,288
Departments: 18
Cross-jurisdiction: #3 of 6

Compared with the local labor market

Financial Manager pay vs. Utah

Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Financial Managers — about 8,860 people — is $150,450. Utah pays a median base salary of $64,356 for this role, 57% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Utah sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$87,550

$116,940

$150,450

$190,780

$282,980

Utah median · $64,356

The bar is the range of annual wages for Financial Managers across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Utah’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Financial Managers — about 841,710 people — is $166,570. Utah’s median base salary is 61% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$94,310

$125,490

$166,570

$219,980

$323,270

Utah median · $64,356

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 162 of 228 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 is $90,288, 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

Financial Manager pay in other jurisdictions

Where Financial Managers are paid most

City of Los Angeles

$206,921 · 8

District of Columbia

$162,565 · 26

Vermont

$84,614 · 103

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

$77,287 · 12

Florida

$65,258 · 105

Median total compensation for comparable Financial Managerroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within Utah