Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in Utah

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Utah earn a median $74,810 a year, +17% against the national median of $63,970; they and rank 17th of 51 states by median. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education earn 49% more than the median across all occupations in Utah ($50,110). Utah pays more than every neighbouring state: New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona range from $56,590 in Arizona to $74,550 in New Mexico. Utah employs 14,820 elementary school teachers, except special education, 8.54 per 1,000 jobs, the 30th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.96 is close to the national share.

Utah vs the United States, May 2025

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Utah and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Utah	Hourly	*	*	*	*	*	*	14,820	8.54	0.96
Utah	Annual	$49,610	$60,210	$74,810	$82,600	$100,340	$73,630	14,820	8.54	0.96
United States	Hourly	*	*	*	*	*	*	1,388,390	–	–
United States	Annual	$47,960	$57,710	$63,970	$81,450	$104,340	$72,650	1,388,390	–	–

Utah annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 17th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 30th of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.96
Jobs per 1,000: 8.54

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Utah's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Utah

5 metropolitan areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas touching Utah publish a row for elementary school teachers, except special education, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	*	$77,920	$49,140	$102,510	4,840	5.86	0.66
Logan, UT-ID	*	$74,790	$48,990	$104,640	520	7.78	0.87
St. George, UT	*	$72,100	$49,360	$96,080	650	7.18	0.80
Ogden, UT	*	$63,910	$49,630	$94,630	2,850	10.51	1.18
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	*	$62,930	$49,040	$98,020	3,420	11.22	1.26
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	*	$78,260	$58,220	$99,390	900	13.28	1.49
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	*	$75,170	$49,780	$94,800	1,680	15.07	1.69

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Utah	*	$74,810	14,820	0.96
Arizona	*	$56,590	24,240	0.84
Colorado	*	$63,410	24,860	0.97
Idaho	*	$61,600	6,850	0.90
New Mexico	*	$74,550	6,210	0.80
Nevada	*	$65,040	9,550	0.69
Wyoming	*	$61,150	2,600	1.04

See the national page for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (every state ranked) and the Utah wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Utah estimates.

*: 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.