Weber County Utah
County | Posted 09-12-2025
Weber County, UT, September 12, 2025 – Weber County has partnered with Baker Tilley to launch an employee compensation study and has approved a $2 million budget increase for public safety sworn positions, without proposing a tax increase.
In 2024, Weber County issued a request for proposal and partnered with Baker Tilley to conduct a comprehensive, five-step compensation study. The purpose of the study is to ensure the County’s positions and grades are aligned with current market rates, provide consistency and fairness across the organization and help the County attract and retain a highly qualified workforce.
“The compensation study has been a collaborative effort among Baker Tilly, the Human Resources Department, the Commissioners, the Sheriff’s Office and other county departments,” Sharon Bolos, Weber County commissioner, said. “We want to make sure Weber County is competitive in the job market, pays our employees fairly and retains top talent.”
The study is in the final stages of completion, though not yet fully finalized. Preliminary results show that sworn positions and pay grades are behind the broader market, with sworn roles in particular experiencing rapid growth in demand.
Because public safety is critical to the community and competition for sworn staff is especially high, these positions are being prioritized for phase one adjustments. Effective August 30, 2025, sworn staff have moved to the new pay grades.
All other positions will be addressed in phase two as part of the 2026 budget cycle, with a proposed additional $1 million increase to employee compensation (totaling $3 million with increases in 2025 and 2026).
The County does not anticipate a tax increase is needed to fund the compensation increases. Rather, compensation increases will be funded using on-going attrition savings and supplemented with a shift in year-over-year capital projects funding. Capital projects will continue to be funded through annual fund balance additions.
More information on the study is available here. The web page will be updated as the project concludes.