High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 349 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$280,390	$134.81	80
2	Physicians, All Other	$255,160	$122.67	60
3	Dentists, General	$181,540	$87.28	70
4	Petroleum Engineers	$172,840	$83.10	120
5	Chief Executives	$156,330	$75.16	210
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$147,100	$70.72	110
7	Pharmacists	$141,180	$67.88	180
8	Physician Assistants	$139,740	$67.18	80
9	Marketing Managers	$130,660	$62.82	150
10	Nurse Practitioners	$129,250	$62.14	110
11	Financial Managers	$128,860	$61.95	340
12	Veterinarians	$125,360	$60.27	50
13	Human Resources Managers	$124,510	$59.86	80
14	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$124,260	$59.74	110
15	Sales Managers	$119,980	$57.69	250
16	Industrial Production Managers	$119,610	$57.51	160
17	Electrical Engineers	$118,760	$57.10	60
18	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$118,430	$56.94	50
19	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	$116,650	$56.08	50
20	Managers, All Other	$116,010	$55.77	400
21	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$114,240	$54.92	50
22	Industrial Engineers	$112,540	$54.11	90
23	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$112,060	Not published	300
24	Natural Sciences Managers	$109,300	$52.55	70
25	Software Developers	$109,170	$52.49	230

The full list of every published occupation here is on the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.