St. George, UT Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in St. George, UT - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in St. George, UT moved from $44,070 in May 2024 to $45,140 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- St. George, UT sits -0.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in St. George, UT
General and Operations Managers publishes $82,850 here versus $105,770 nationally (-21.7%; 2,050metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,270 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-9.4%).
- General and Operations Managers$82,850 in St. George, UT sits 21.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,050 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,270 in St. George, UT sits 9.4% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,460 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$33,150 in St. George, UT sits 6.4% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,050 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$44,880 in St. George, UT sits 0.3% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,560 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for St. George, UT; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41100 · St. George, UT $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #366/528
- RPP-MID 97.3
- OCC-MID 272 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $330K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Central Pennsylv…
- BOOK-MOST 268 rows · May 2025
Read with Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area (+$13 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 St. George, UT
Employment scale inside St. George, UT's top-pay list
Software Developers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside St. George, UT's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 590 jobs · $113,240
- 2. Sales Managers 320 jobs · $126,930
- 3. Lawyers 290 jobs · $117,490
- 4. Managers, All Other 270 jobs · $102,590
- 5. Financial Managers 250 jobs · $128,990
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 250 jobs · $101,810
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $139,590
- 8. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $145,480
- 9. Physical Therapists 170 jobs · $99,340
- 10. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $329,620
- 11. Marriage and Family Therapists 140 jobs · $101,510
- 12. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $141,800
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $130,510
- 14. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 130 jobs · $124,060
- 15. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $124,280
- 16. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $138,110
- 17. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $103,590
- 18. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $124,200
Occupations Tracked
272
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,746
employment-weighted, 268 complete rows
Top Salary
$329,620
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
97.3
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in St. George, UT
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $329,620 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $296,920 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $153,400 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $145,480 |
| 5 | Marketing Managers | $141,800 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $139,590 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $138,110 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $131,700 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $130,510 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $128,990 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $126,930 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $124,280 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $124,200 |
| 14 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $124,060 |
| 15 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $119,010 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $117,490 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $113,240 |
| 18 | Occupational Therapists | $104,040 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $103,590 |
| 20 | Engineers, All Other | $103,380 |
| 21 | Managers, All Other | $102,590 |
| 22 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,810 |
| 23 | Marriage and Family Therapists | $101,510 |
| 24 | Physical Therapists | $99,340 |
| 25 | Data Scientists | $98,130 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in St. George, UT
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary | $22,520 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,270 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $26,000 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,010 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,560 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,920 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,010 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,270 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $29,240 |
| Cashiers | $30,180 |
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 ($54,746 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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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.