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.
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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