Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT moved from $51,430 in May 2024 to $55,240 in May 2025 (+7.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT sits +4.3 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary publishes $168,060 here versus $107,310 nationally (+56.6%; 2,790metro-area jobs). Next is Physicians, All Other at $119,600 locally versus $265,930 nationally (-55.0%).
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$168,060 in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT sits 56.6% above the national Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary median of $107,310 (2,790 published local jobs).
- Physicians, All Other$119,600 in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT sits 55.0% below the national Physicians, All Other median of $265,930 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Tutors$32,590 in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT sits 24.8% below the national Tutors median of $43,350 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$48,630 in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT sits 22.7% below the national Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians median of $62,930 (4,860 published local jobs).
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41620 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #43/528
- RPP-MID 100.9
- OCC-MOST 583 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $450K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-AHEAD +4.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Madison, WI
- BOOK-FULL 550 rows · May 2025
Read with Madison, WI (+$43 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
Employment scale inside Salt Lake City-Murray, UT's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Salt Lake City-Murray, UT's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,620 jobs · $160,810
- 2. Financial Managers 5,450 jobs · $158,720
- 3. Managers, All Other 5,330 jobs · $140,760
- 4. Sales Managers 5,210 jobs · $143,930
- 5. Marketing Managers 3,420 jobs · $139,830
- 6. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 2,790 jobs · $168,060
- 7. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1,740 jobs · $174,940
- 8. Chief Executives 1,690 jobs · $190,400
- 9. Pharmacists 1,520 jobs · $147,010
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,100 jobs · $160,250
- 11. Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 810 jobs · $224,280
- 12. Database Architects 400 jobs · $136,990
- 13. Air Traffic Controllers 330 jobs · $161,640
- 14. Radiologists 300 jobs · $449,940
- 15. Aerospace Engineers 210 jobs · $141,010
- 16. Optometrists 150 jobs · $137,250
- 17. Psychiatrists 140 jobs · $299,670
- 18. Compensation and Benefits Managers 130 jobs · $140,940
Occupations Tracked
583
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$70,508
employment-weighted, 550 complete rows
Top Salary
$449,940
Radiologists
Cost of Living
100.9
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $449,940 |
| 2 | Neurologists | $376,490 |
| 3 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $344,220 |
| 4 | Psychiatrists | $299,670 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $296,510 |
| 6 | Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians | $224,280 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $190,400 |
| 8 | Petroleum Engineers | $180,230 |
| 9 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $174,940 |
| 10 | Pediatricians, General | $172,850 |
| 11 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $168,060 |
| 12 | Podiatrists | $163,120 |
| 13 | Air Traffic Controllers | $161,640 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $160,810 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,250 |
| 16 | Financial Managers | $158,720 |
| 17 | Pharmacists | $147,010 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $143,930 |
| 19 | Aerospace Engineers | $141,010 |
| 20 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $140,940 |
| 21 | Managers, All Other | $140,760 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $139,830 |
| 23 | Nurse Midwives | $139,530 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $137,250 |
| 25 | Database Architects | $136,990 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Broadcast Technicians | $22,110 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $23,660 |
| Barbers | $26,330 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,670 |
| Exercise Physiologists | $28,860 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,070 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $29,490 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,590 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,620 |
| Bartenders | $29,790 |
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 ($70,508 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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