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.
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.
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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How to use Salt Lake City-Murray, UT wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT at $449,940/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $70,508 adjusts to about $69,901 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.9. 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.