Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area are those of pharmacists, with an average annual salary of $131,960. The second highest-paying jobs are those of postsecondary education administrator, with an average salary of $131,930.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Central Utah nonmetropolitan area has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Pharmacists	$131,960	$125,670	90
2	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$131,930	$63,570	110
3	Chief Executives	$120,690	$47,700	80
4	General Dentists	$105,890	$38,200	60
5	Sales Managers	$104,390	$54,720	40
6	Marketing Managers	$104,150	$51,660	70
7	Nurse Practitioners	$104,030	$48,030	40
8	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$102,540	$55,600	40
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$101,830	$73,410	60
10	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$101,120	$73,410	160
11	Lawyers	$101,070	$59,990	60
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$99,380	$82,970	40
13	Software Developers	$98,720	$39,530	140
14	Financial Managers	$94,970	$57,100	200
15	Human Resources Managers	$94,600	$57,930	30
16	Medical and Health Services Managers	$91,270	$35,310	120
17	Industrial Production Managers	$91,050	$56,500	80
18	Industrial Engineers	$89,980	$51,530	50
19	All Other Managers	$87,810	$37,400	70
20	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$85,470	$47,540	70
21	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$83,100	$65,210	40
22	Information Security Analysts	$80,810	$55,270	60
23	Civil Engineers	$79,580	$56,010	130
24	Facilities Managers	$79,350	$43,040	60
25	Construction Managers	$79,000	$37,600	90
26	Physical Therapists	$78,290	$29,990	60
27	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$77,470	$31,320	40
28	Loan Officers	$76,640	$36,900	110
29	Other Biological Scientists	$76,130	$60,200	50
30	Registered Nurses	$76,050	$61,930	660
31	Dental Hygienists	$75,590	$62,540	120
32	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$74,980	$43,830	50
33	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$74,000	$58,140	90
34	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$73,290	$45,410	250
35	Mechanical Engineers	$73,210	$36,510	30
36	Logisticians	$72,510	$34,620	30
37	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$71,950	$62,180	40
38	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$70,620	$48,170	30
39	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$67,560	$49,430	30
40	Civil Engineering Technicians	$66,960	$40,030	40
41	Computer Occupations, All Other	$66,890	$34,200	50
42	Lodging Managers	$65,720	$43,730	40
43	Project Management Specialists	$65,680	$47,360	180
44	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$65,600	$38,990	170
45	Administrative Services Managers	$64,270	$47,910	60
46	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$64,150	$49,100	440
47	Postsecondary Mathematical Science Teachers	$64,070	$52,130	30
48	Postsecondary English Language and Literature Teachers	$63,800	$49,940	60
49	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$63,790	$50,740	30
50	Surveyors	$63,650	$39,830	40
51	Other Business Operations Specialists	$63,530	$33,140	160
52	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$62,410	$37,230	290
53	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$62,090	$46,920	490
54	General and Operations Managers	$61,590	$31,030	1,870
55	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	$61,520	$30,710	160
56	Cost Estimators	$61,070	$25,720	50
57	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$60,910	$46,860	390
58	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$60,130	$41,040	40
59	Real Estate Sales Agents	$59,990	$29,760	60
60	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$59,860	$41,790	60
61	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$59,780	$37,140	80
62	Construction and Building Inspectors	$59,430	$42,980	50
63	Radiologic Technologists	$59,330	$50,480	50
64	Accountants and Auditors	$58,950	$38,250	360
65	Management Analysts	$58,700	$39,190	90
66	Compliance Officers	$58,360	$38,730	40
67	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$58,280	$46,460	750
68	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators	$57,790	$29,240	50
69	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$57,600	$37,860	130
70	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$57,370	$41,500	70
71	Social and Community Service Managers	$57,290	$33,050	50
72	Middle School Special Education Teachers	$56,590	$42,020	50
73	Postal Service Clerks	$56,200	$39,770	80
74	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$56,160	$43,850	50
75	First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$56,100	$43,680	30
76	Computer User Support Specialists	$55,790	$31,370	160
77	Interior Designers	$55,050	$37,380	30
78	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	$54,370	$44,910	30
79	Human Resources Specialists	$53,220	$32,240	180
80	Chefs and Head Cooks	$52,670	$32,010	50
81	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$52,640	$31,420	90
82	Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers	$52,610	$28,800	50
83	Machinists	$52,500	$33,090	80
84	School Bus Drivers	$51,820	$41,490	100
85	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$51,010	$35,930	1,250
86	Public Relations Specialists	$51,000	$33,610	40
87	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$50,980	$40,530	320
88	Food Service Managers	$50,680	$37,320	80
89	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$50,550	$38,130	160
90	Insurance Sales Agents	$50,380	$35,310	120
91	Instructional Coordinators	$49,990	$29,570	50
92	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	$49,950	$33,050	280
93	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$49,920	$29,920	190
94	Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers	$49,810	$38,760	140
95	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$49,730	$34,620	460
96	Electricians	$49,680	$35,220	350
97	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$49,510	$33,280	180
98	Correctional Officers and Jailers	$49,380	$42,640	440
99	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$49,340	$39,890	50
100	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$49,290	$42,130	310

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Pharmacists	$128,190
2	Physician Assistants	$121,220
3	Software Developers	$102,350
4	Nurse Practitioners	$102,060
5	General Dentists	$101,760
6	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$101,470
7	Marketing Managers	$99,280
8	Industrial Engineers	$98,850
9	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$98,230
10	Computer Programmers	$97,880

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$189,960
2	Pharmacists	$123,610
3	Physician Assistants	$113,080
4	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$97,750
5	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$95,390
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$90,440
7	Medical and Health Services Managers	$89,600
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$87,460
9	Industrial Production Managers	$85,330
10	Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$83,630

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Central Utah nonmetropolitan area – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$196,330
2	Pharmacists	$123,580
3	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	$120,530
4	Physician Assistants	$105,310
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$95,120
6	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$95,050
7	Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$94,650
8	Computer Programmers	$93,280
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$91,000
10	Industrial Production Managers	$83,950

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