High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $82,850 here versus $105,770 nationally (-21.7%; 2,580metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $29,030 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-11.7%).
- General and Operations Managers$82,850 in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area sits 21.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,580 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,030 in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area sits 11.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,350 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,860 in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area sits 10.7% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,450 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$31,910 in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area sits 9.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,170 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4900011 · High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #297/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 349 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $280K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Minot, ND
- BOOK-FULL 338 rows · May 2025
Read with Minot, ND ($7 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around High Desert Utah nonmetropo…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Financial Managers lead published employment inside High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 400 jobs · $116,010
- 2. Financial Managers 340 jobs · $128,860
- 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 300 jobs · $112,060
- 4. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $119,980
- 5. Software Developers 230 jobs · $109,170
- 6. Chief Executives 210 jobs · $156,330
- 7. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $141,180
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 160 jobs · $119,610
- 9. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $130,660
- 10. Petroleum Engineers 120 jobs · $172,840
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $147,100
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $129,250
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $124,260
- 14. Industrial Engineers 90 jobs · $112,540
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $280,390
- 16. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $139,740
- 17. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $124,510
- 18. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $181,540
Occupations Tracked
349
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,878
employment-weighted, 338 complete rows
Top Salary
$280,390
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $21,220 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,260 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,630 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,040 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $27,480 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $27,510 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,860 |
| Dishwashers | $28,110 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,170 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,220 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in UT
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside UT. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($56,878 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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