Ogden, UT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Ogden, UT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Ogden, UT moved from $47,520 in May 2024 to $48,900 in May 2025 (+2.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Ogden, UT sits -0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Ogden, UT
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents publishes $49,440 here versus $62,370 nationally (-20.7%; 3,240metro-area jobs). Next is Carpenters at $48,270 locally versus $60,580 nationally (-20.3%).
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents$49,440 in Ogden, UT sits 20.7% below the national Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents median of $62,370 (3,240 published local jobs).
- Carpenters$48,270 in Ogden, UT sits 20.3% below the national Carpenters median of $60,580 (2,150 published local jobs).
- Software Developers$109,880 in Ogden, UT sits 19.2% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (2,840 published local jobs).
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,860 in Ogden, UT sits 16.2% below the national Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $36,840 (4,240 published local jobs).
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Ogden, UT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 36260 · Ogden, UT $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #157/528
- RPP-MID 100.3
- OCC-MOST 449 occs
- TOP-LEAD Obstetricians… · $429K
- EMP-MIX Sales Managers
- TREND-INLINE -0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Naples-Marco Isl…
- BOOK-FULL 447 rows · May 2025
Read with Naples-Marco Island, FL ($84 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Ogden, UT
Employment scale inside Ogden, UT's top-pay list
Sales Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Ogden, UT's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Sales Managers 1,080 jobs · $131,320
- 2. Financial Managers 1,060 jobs · $135,300
- 3. Managers, All Other 1,020 jobs · $128,670
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 820 jobs · $162,710
- 5. Engineers, All Other 610 jobs · $131,460
- 6. Marketing Managers 560 jobs · $124,810
- 7. Aerospace Engineers 550 jobs · $134,240
- 8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 520 jobs · $126,760
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 500 jobs · $167,990
- 10. Pharmacists 380 jobs · $141,010
- 11. Chief Executives 330 jobs · $165,740
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 330 jobs · $129,000
- 13. Physicians, All Other 260 jobs · $223,600
- 14. Human Resources Managers 250 jobs · $127,250
- 15. Physician Assistants 220 jobs · $135,930
- 16. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $155,250
- 17. Purchasing Managers 120 jobs · $134,690
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $296,510
Occupations Tracked
449
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,732
employment-weighted, 447 complete rows
Top Salary
$428,800
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Cost of Living
100.3
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Ogden, UT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $428,800 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $296,510 |
| 3 | Pediatricians, General | $225,640 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $223,600 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $167,990 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $165,740 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $162,710 |
| 8 | Petroleum Engineers | $158,300 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $155,250 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $141,010 |
| 11 | Database Architects | $137,870 |
| 12 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $137,250 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $135,930 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $135,300 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $134,690 |
| 16 | Aerospace Engineers | $134,240 |
| 17 | Optometrists | $132,160 |
| 18 | Engineers, All Other | $131,460 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $131,320 |
| 20 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,000 |
| 21 | Managers, All Other | $128,670 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $127,250 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $126,760 |
| 24 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $125,250 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $124,810 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Ogden, UT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $21,620 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,490 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $26,640 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,720 |
| Helpers--Carpenters | $26,730 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $27,320 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $27,920 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,030 |
| Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other | $28,080 |
| Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials | $28,180 |
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 ($61,732 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
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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How to use Ogden, UT wage figures in a real decision
- Obstetricians and Gynecologists leads published medians in Ogden, UT at $428,800/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,732 adjusts to about $61,517 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for UT before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.