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Chief Executive Salary in Salt Lake City, Utah

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Salt Lake City, Utah is shown in Table 1. The wage information of chief executives in Salt Lake City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Salt Lake City, Utah

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$65,980
25th Percentile Wage
$111,810
50th Percentile Wage
$163,640
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Salt Lake City, Utah in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $163,640. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $111,810. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $65,980.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2019)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$163,640
-1.30% 8.29%
2018
$165,770
-2.03% -
2017
$169,130
4.26% -
2016
$161,930
16.28% -
2015
$135,570
8.52% -
2014
$124,020
-26.09% -
2013
$156,380
4.04% -
2012
$150,070
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Salt Lake City with Other Utah Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $163,640 in Salt Lake City is in the middle of salary range for chief executives in state of Utah. In comparison, the annual salary of chief executives in Salt Lake City is 4.1 percent (4.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Provo-Orem and 88.2 percent (88.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Provo-Orem
$170,610
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area
$165,730
Salt Lake City
$163,640
South Western Utah nonmetropolitan area
$135,780
Ogden-Clearfield
$134,060
St George
$125,660
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area
$124,020
Logan
$122,990
West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area
$82,100
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area
$52,770
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area
$19,290

See also: Top paying jobs in Salt Lake City, Utah.