State salary profile · Utah

Utah Salaries

Largest Utah OEWS employment footprints with published wages, from BLS May 2025. Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area.

$163,835
Mean of top 50 medians
690
Occupations
7
Local wage areas
122,980
Estimated jobs (top tier)

The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians in Utah is $163,835.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, The May 2025 release has a published median for 690 occupations in Utah; percentile boundaries and local-area rows are available only where BLS publishes them. The highest-paying reported occupation, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, earns $437,170, versus $23,660 for Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants at the bottom of the range. Detail is available for 5 metro areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas. Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area.

Utah · employment ≠ wage

In Utah, Fast Food and Counter Workers lead by published employment (52,340 jobs, #1 of 663) but rank #655 of 663 on median wage ($28,670), while Obstetricians and Gynecologists top the wage list at $437,170 (#1 of 663) with 200 jobs (#506 of 663). The largest payroll is not the highest published median.

52,340
Fast Food and Counter Work... employment #1
$437,170
Obstetricians and Gynecolo... wage #1
#506
Employment rank of wage leader
#655
Wage rank of employment leader

Employment is OEWS tot_emp inside this state; pay is the occupation median. Same detailed-occupation pool, two rankings.

Employment of Utah's #1 occupations by headcount vs median wage

Same unit (published jobs) for both named leaders. BLS OEWS May 2025.

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What this shows Fast Food and Counter Workers lead Utah by employment; Obstetricians and Gynecologists lead on median wage at $437,170.

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

Utah, the picture in one line

Utah ranks #21 of 54 states and territories by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage; its highest published occupation median is Obstetricians and Gynecologists at $437,170. Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area.

#21
of 54 states by published mean wage
$437,170
top-paying: Obstetricians and Gynecologists
61st
percentile among all states
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
local OEWS: High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area and Logan, UT-ID

The state rank uses BLS's All Occupations mean. Occupation rows below use occupation-specific medians; the two statistics are not interchangeable. Start local checks in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area.

Largest published OEWS footprints in Utah

Software Developers and Managers, All Other lead Utah's published employment inside this top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Software Developers 31,940 jobs · $128,810
  2. 2. Managers, All Other 9,190 jobs · $134,890
  3. 3. Sales Managers 8,990 jobs · $136,520
  4. 4. Financial Managers 8,860 jobs · $150,450
  5. 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 8,810 jobs · $163,610
  6. 6. Lawyers 7,020 jobs · $132,830
  7. 7. Marketing Managers 6,100 jobs · $139,830
  8. 8. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 3,520 jobs · $168,060
  9. 9. Physicians, All Other 3,510 jobs · $228,060
  10. 10. Chief Executives 3,140 jobs · $171,880
  11. 11. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 2,940 jobs · $128,880
  12. 12. Pharmacists 2,830 jobs · $144,240
  13. 13. Nurse Practitioners 2,740 jobs · $130,920
  14. 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,290 jobs · $161,120
  15. 15. Human Resources Managers 2,240 jobs · $131,380
  16. 16. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1,880 jobs · $174,590
  17. 17. Administrative Services Managers 1,670 jobs · $123,700
  18. 18. Physician Assistants 1,610 jobs · $134,740
  19. 19. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,570 jobs · $128,430
  20. 20. Computer Network Architects 1,330 jobs · $121,000

Local BLS wage areas inside Utah

Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area.

High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area Logan, UT-ID Ogden, UT Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Salt Lake City-Murray, UT St. George, UT Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area

Observed statewide pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Utah moved from $48,600 in May 2024 to $50,110 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
  • Across the 54 states and territories priced in both releases, the median place changed +2.7%.
  • Utah sits +0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest statewide vs national median gap in Utah

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $79,180 here versus $64,370 nationally (+23.0%; 5,960statewide jobs). Next is Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians at $49,090 locally versus $62,930 nationally (-22.0%).

  1. Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$79,180 in Utah sits 23.0% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (5,960 published local jobs).
  2. Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$49,090 in Utah sits 22.0% below the national Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians median of $62,930 (6,370 published local jobs).
  3. Dental Assistants$37,760 in Utah sits 21.4% below the national Dental Assistants median of $48,070 (6,640 published local jobs).
  4. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$62,630 in Utah sits 20.5% below the national Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists median of $78,760 (14,510 published local jobs).

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Utah; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

· Source: BLS OEWS May 2025

The Utah OEWS table has a published median for 690 occupations. The displayed top 50 rows have summed published employment of approximately 122,980; that sum does not include the bottom table or rows whose employment is suppressed. BLS publishes means and percentile boundaries only where the corresponding estimate meets its publication standards. Averaging the medians of the top 50 highest-paying occupations gives $163,835 per year. That is only a mean of the displayed upper-tier occupation medians; it is not the BLS All Occupations mean or median and does not describe a typical worker. Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area. Local OEWS areas in this extract include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area.

At the top of the ranking, Obstetricians and Gynecologists pays a Utah median of $437,170, the highest-paying reported occupation in the state. The number-two spot goes to Radiologists at $417,250, followed by General Internal Medicine Physicians at $331,720. At the bottom of the published range, Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants has a median of $23,660, making the displayed endpoint ratio 18.5×. The endpoints do not establish a cause or career stage. WageDex has BLS occupation rows for 5 metro areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas assigned to Utah, allowing comparisons below the statewide estimate without treating nonmetropolitan areas as MSAs.

The employment-ordered lead of Software Developers / Managers, All Other is the Utah mix signal in this sample; the salary-ordered top of Obstetricians and Gynecologists answers a different question. Neither row identifies why pay differs, open the occupation page for percentiles and local-area cells BLS actually releases.

Top-Tier Sample

75

occupations shown below

Avg. Median Salary

$163,835

top 50 occupations

Top Salary

$437,170

Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Where Utah ranks by published mean wage

BLS All Occupations annual mean vs. 54 states & territories; local OEWS includes High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area and Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT

$66,290 Top 39% higher than 61% of 54 states & territories

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$66,290 · 61st percentile of 54 states & territories

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025

Utah ranks #21 of 54 by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage ($66,290). It is not the median wage or a prediction for a particular worker.

National-price-equivalent mean: dividing the $66,290 BLS All Occupations mean by the BEA state RPP gives $67,027. Inputs: BEA Regional Price Parity for Utah (RPP 98.9, 2024; 100 = national average, all items, table SARPP). The division is a WageDex calculation, not an after-tax or household-income measure.

Largest OEWS footprints in Utah

Published employment among the top-pay sample, top 15 by jobs

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Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

BLS publishes wage data for 690 distinct occupations in Utah. The table below shows the top 50 by median annual wage, reordered by published employment for this reading. Drill into the full top-100 ranking or the fastest-growing list for deeper coverage.

Top-pay occupations in Utah, by employment

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Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published Utah jobs so the title sequence follows the local OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Software Developers $128,810
2 Managers, All Other $134,890
3 Sales Managers $136,520
4 Financial Managers $150,450
5 Computer and Information Systems Managers $163,610
6 Lawyers $132,830
7 Marketing Managers $139,830
8 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $168,060
9 Physicians, All Other $228,060
10 Chief Executives $171,880
11 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $128,880
12 Pharmacists $144,240
13 Nurse Practitioners $130,920
14 Architectural and Engineering Managers $161,120
15 Human Resources Managers $131,380
16 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $174,590
17 Administrative Services Managers $123,700
18 Physician Assistants $134,740
19 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $128,430
20 Computer Network Architects $121,000
21 Database Administrators $135,750
22 Dentists, General $133,320
23 Aerospace Engineers $135,840
24 Veterinarians $123,990
25 Database Architects $131,740
26 Public Relations Managers $132,670
27 Family Medicine Physicians $297,510
28 Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary $124,460
29 Purchasing Managers $125,940
30 Training and Development Managers $122,630
31 Radiologists $417,250
32 Air Traffic Controllers $158,310
33 Athletes and Sports Competitors $122,800
34 Pediatricians, General $210,360
35 Petroleum Engineers $172,840
36 Psychiatrists $299,670
37 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers $125,520
38 General Internal Medicine Physicians $331,720
39 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $437,170
40 Compensation and Benefits Managers $132,620
41 Actuaries $132,720
42 Economics Teachers, Postsecondary $128,370
43 Emergency Medicine Physicians $140,370
44 Nurse Midwives $130,930
45 Psychologists, All Other $135,200
46 Materials Scientists $126,840
47 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $188,490
48 Physicists $156,760
49 Nurse Anesthetists $126,600
50 Natural Sciences Managers $119,430

Lowest Paying Jobs in Utah

Occupation Median Salary
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants $23,660
Barbers $25,370
Passenger Attendants $25,840
Driver/Sales Workers $26,590
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $26,650
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $27,010
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $28,000
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other $28,120
Fast Food and Counter Workers $28,670
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers $28,720
Manicurists and Pedicurists $28,820
Physical Therapist Aides $29,150
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $29,610
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant $30,170
Baggage Porters and Bellhops $30,730
Waiters and Waitresses $31,150
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials $31,430
Broadcast Technicians $31,490
Cashiers $31,600
Childcare Workers $31,630
Cooks, Fast Food $31,800
Dishwashers $31,830
Bartenders $32,150
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $32,200
Library Assistants, Clerical $32,690

Fastest Growing Jobs

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See national growth projections alongside the published OEWS state employment estimates for each occupation in Utah. Based on BLS employment projections 2024-2034.

Metro and Nonmetropolitan Wage Areas in Utah

High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area Logan, UT-ID Ogden, UT Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Salt Lake City-Murray, UT St. George, UT Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area

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Two BLS OEWS peer sets outside Utah. Local metro cards below stay inside this state; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on published All Occupations mean wage ($66,290 here) and reported employment (1,735,590 jobs here).

Similar mean wage

Nearest other states by BLS All Occupations annual mean wage.

Similar employment scale

Nearest headcount peers (floor 250,000 All Occupations jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS All Occupations mean annual wage and reported employment. Employment peers exclude states already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct.

Local OEWS areas and related Utah pages

Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area.

High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Local OEWS wage area

Logan, UT-ID

Local OEWS wage area

Ogden, UT

Local OEWS wage area

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT

Local OEWS wage area

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Local OEWS wage area

St. George, UT

Local OEWS wage area

Highest Paying in Utah

Top 100 by median salary

Fastest Growing in Utah

Projected 2024-2034 growth

Obstetricians and Gynecologists

National occupation profile

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average of the top 50 occupation medians in Utah? ▼
The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians is $163,835/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). It is not the statewide mean or median and does not describe the wage of a typical worker.
What is the average salary in Utah? ▼
BLS publishes an All Occupations annual mean wage of $66,290/year for Utah in the May 2025 OEWS release, which ranks 21st among the 54 states and territories with a published mean. Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area. This is an occupational wage estimate, not a household-income statistic or a prediction for one worker.
What is the highest paying job in Utah? ▼
The highest paying occupation in Utah is Obstetricians and Gynecologists with a median salary of $437,170/year according to BLS data. The second highest is Radiologists at $417,250/year.
What jobs pay the least in Utah? ▼
The lowest published occupation median in this Utah ranking is Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants at $23,660/year. The table does not classify that occupation as entry-level or explain why its median is lowest.
How many local BLS wage areas are shown for Utah? ▼
WageDex has occupation-level wage rows for 5 metro areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas assigned to Utah. Published local OEWS areas include High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, St. George, UT, then Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area. Nonmetropolitan reporting areas are not MSAs. Compare the same occupation and statistic across areas; published coverage can differ by occupation and geography.
How many occupations are shown for Utah? ▼
BLS publishes wage data for 690 distinct occupations in Utah. The 50 occupations in the displayed upper tier have a combined OEWS employment estimate of approximately 122,980 jobs in covered establishments.

Federal sources behind Utah wages

BLS OEWS state wage tables → BLS QCEW state series → BLS LAUS unemployment → BEA personal income by state →

What to do with this data

How to use Utah wage data in a real decision

  • Software Developers anchors the largest published OEWS footprint in Utah, ahead of Managers, All Other; hold that mix next to High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area and Logan, UT-ID when the pay table alone does not describe the local mix. Software Developers
  • Inside Utah, re-check Obstetricians and Gynecologists in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, Logan, UT-ID, Ogden, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT or Salt Lake City-Murray, UT before treating the statewide median as a metro offer. High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
  • Open Obstetricians and Gynecologists for percentile bands and local-area rows; Utah's statewide median of $437,170 uses a different geography than any single metro estimate. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • The published Utah range runs from Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants at $23,660 to Obstetricians and Gynecologists at $437,170; an offer still depends on the exact role and employer. Salary calculator

BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period and exclude self-employed workers; some small occupation-area cells are suppressed.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State-level employment totals and local-area breakouts from BLS OEWS State and Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025. Local areas can be metropolitan or nonmetropolitan.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State wage figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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