Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Across all occupations in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metropolitan area, the median wage is $55,240 a year ($26.56 an hour) and the mean $71,660, May 2025. That median is +8% against the US median of $50,980 and +10% against Utah's $50,110. BLS counts 826,210 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is radiologists; the largest is customer service representatives.

All occupations: Salt Lake City-Murray, UT vs Utah and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area, Utah and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	Hourly	$15.26	$18.78	$26.56	$39.93	$62.46	$34.45	826,210
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	Annual	$31,730	$39,050	$55,240	$83,050	$129,910	$71,660	826,210
Utah	Hourly	$14.44	$18.04	$24.09	$37.77	$57.69	$31.87	1,735,590
Utah	Annual	$30,040	$37,520	$50,110	$78,560	$119,990	$66,290	1,735,590
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

587 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Utah. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Radiologists	$449,940	$216.32	300
2	Neurologists	$376,490	$181.01	50
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$344,220	$165.49	110
4	Psychiatrists	$299,670	$144.07	140
5	Family Medicine Physicians	$296,510	$142.56	100
6	Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	$224,280	$107.83	810
7	Chief Executives	$190,400	$91.54	1,690
8	Petroleum Engineers	$180,230	$86.65	110
9	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$174,940	*	1,740
10	Pediatricians, General	$172,850	$83.10	110
11	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$168,060	*	2,790
12	Podiatrists	$163,120	$78.42	40
13	Air Traffic Controllers	$161,640	$77.71	330
14	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Utah	$160,810	$77.31	5,620
15	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$160,250	$77.04	1,100
16	Financial Managers in Utah	$158,720	$76.31	5,450
17	Pharmacists	$147,010	$70.68	1,520
18	Sales Managers in Utah	$143,930	$69.20	5,210
19	Aerospace Engineers	$141,010	$67.79	210
20	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$140,940	$67.76	130

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Customer Service Representatives in Utah	26,620	32.22	1.93	$45,410
2	General and Operations Managers in Utah	20,870	25.27	1.12	$103,710
3	Retail Salespersons in Utah	20,330	24.61	0.98	$34,420
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Utah	19,590	23.71	0.96	$29,070
5	Software Developers in Utah	19,040	23.04	2.12	$129,600
6	Office Clerks, General in Utah	16,260	19.68	1.24	$45,220
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Utah	15,630	18.91	1.00	$44,190
8	Registered Nurses in Utah	14,070	17.03	0.78	$85,890
9	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Utah	12,340	14.93	1.13	$62,310
10	Stockers and Order Fillers in Utah	11,650	14.11	0.77	$37,510
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Utah	10,610	12.84	0.90	$34,970
12	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Utah	10,550	12.77	2.43	$39,050
13	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Utah	9,820	11.88	1.29	$71,890
14	Cashiers in Utah	9,680	11.72	0.59	$33,390
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Utah	9,470	11.46	1.27	$42,890
16	Project Management Specialists in Utah	8,990	10.88	1.59	$98,000
17	Accountants and Auditors in Utah	8,660	10.49	1.12	$82,100
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Utah	8,370	10.13	1.27	$62,560
19	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Utah	8,250	9.99	1.73	$64,670
20	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Utah	7,900	9.57	1.18	$63,340

Most concentrated occupations in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	5.38	450	0.55	$31,430
2	Tile and Stone Setters	5.11	970	1.18	$49,990
3	Continuous Mining Machine Operators	5.06	380	0.46	$57,900
4	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	4.84	160	0.19	$131,770
5	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	4.64	2,930	3.55	$38,660
6	Artists and Related Workers, All Other	4.58	170	0.20	$43,190
7	Judicial Law Clerks	4.26	300	0.36	$56,080
8	Audio and Video Technicians	4.22	1,570	1.91	$48,730
9	Dental Laboratory Technicians	3.86	710	0.85	$47,110
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	3.16	1,740	2.11	$174,940

Occupation groups in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$126,150	$141,370	69,410	84.02	1.17
Computer and Mathematical	$105,260	$112,170	42,960	52.00	1.54
Legal	$99,140	$133,740	8,260	9.99	1.19
Architecture and Engineering	$95,950	$100,510	17,000	20.58	1.22
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$82,920	$101,230	44,860	54.30	0.86
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$79,390	$81,320	10,430	12.62	1.33
Business and Financial Operations	$78,230	$86,320	68,790	83.26	1.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$60,820	$63,660	30,280	36.65	0.94
Educational Instruction and Library	$60,380	$71,500	39,710	48.07	0.82
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$60,150	$71,390	13,150	15.92	1.21
Construction and Extraction	$60,150	$61,590	46,030	55.72	1.35
Community and Social Service	$58,420	$66,770	11,890	14.39	0.84
Protective Service	$50,210	$61,580	14,510	17.57	0.72
Transportation and Material Moving	$46,940	$55,840	68,110	82.44	0.94
Office and Administrative Support	$46,870	$50,610	114,470	138.55	1.21
Production	$46,730	$51,000	42,260	51.15	0.93
Sales and Related	$44,210	$59,290	67,510	81.71	0.95
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$41,290	$43,640	340	0.41	0.15
Healthcare Support	$40,220	$43,060	21,430	25.94	0.51
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$37,720	$39,940	21,710	26.28	0.90
Personal Care and Service	$35,380	$39,940	17,500	21.19	1.01
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$32,390	$35,010	55,560	67.25	0.76

Every occupation in Utah, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 587 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Salt Lake City-Murray, UT estimates (area 41620).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.