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%).

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KHigh Desert Utah non… · this MSA: $57KHigh Desert Utah non… · this…$57KMinot, ND · near: $57KMinot, ND · near$57KBlacksburg-Christian… · near: $57KBlacksburg-Christian… · near$57KKankakee, IL · near: $57KKankakee, IL · near$57KNortheast Maine nonm… · near: $57KNortheast Maine nonm… · near$57KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
High Desert Utah non… · this MSA $57K
Minot, ND · near $57K
Blacksburg-Christian… · near $57K
Kankakee, IL · near $57K
Northeast Maine nonm… · near $57K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

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. 1. Managers, All Other 400 jobs · $116,010
  2. 2. Financial Managers 340 jobs · $128,860
  3. 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 300 jobs · $112,060
  4. 4. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $119,980
  5. 5. Software Developers 230 jobs · $109,170
  6. 6. Chief Executives 210 jobs · $156,330
  7. 7. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $141,180
  8. 8. Industrial Production Managers 160 jobs · $119,610
  9. 9. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $130,660
  10. 10. Petroleum Engineers 120 jobs · $172,840
  11. 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $147,100
  12. 12. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $129,250
  13. 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $124,260
  14. 14. Industrial Engineers 90 jobs · $112,540
  15. 15. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $280,390
  16. 16. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $139,740
  17. 17. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $124,510
  18. 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.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Managers, All Other $116,010
2 Financial Managers $128,860
3 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $112,060
4 Sales Managers $119,980
5 Software Developers $109,170
6 Chief Executives $156,330
7 Pharmacists $141,180
8 Industrial Production Managers $119,610
9 Marketing Managers $130,660
10 Petroleum Engineers $172,840
11 Architectural and Engineering Managers $147,100
12 Nurse Practitioners $129,250
13 Computer and Information Systems Managers $124,260
14 Industrial Engineers $112,540
15 Family Medicine Physicians $280,390
16 Physician Assistants $139,740
17 Human Resources Managers $124,510
18 Dentists, General $181,540
19 Natural Sciences Managers $109,300
20 Physicians, All Other $255,160
21 Electrical Engineers $118,760
22 Veterinarians $125,360
23 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians $118,430
24 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers $116,650
25 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay $114,240

Lowest Paying Jobs in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 338 published occupation means with employment estimates is $56,878/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 349 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $140,157, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area is Family Medicine Physicians with a median salary of $280,390/year. The second highest is Physicians, All Other at $255,160/year.
What jobs pay the least in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area is Driver/Sales Workers with a median salary of $21,220/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

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