SOC 53-2022 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Airfield Operations Specialists make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $63,100. The 10th percentile is $42,230 and the 90th percentile is $82,190. Employment is 220.

Median annual wage

$63,100

10th percentile
$42,230
25th percentile
$53,960
Median
$63,100
75th percentile
$77,440
90th percentile
$82,190
Mean
$64,640

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Airfield Operations Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $42,230 and the 90th percentile is $82,190. The difference is $39,960, which is 63.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $53,960 to the 75th at $77,440, covers $23,480.

The mean annual wage is $64,640, which sits above the median of $63,100. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 11% higher than the national median of $56,850 for Airfield Operations Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,557, which is 10% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.6% higher than the Utah median of $59,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,100 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Airfield Operations Specialists at $62,557 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Airfield Operations Specialists. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is 58 miles away, with a median of $38,390. That median is 39.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,081, against $62,557 here.

Employment share

Airfield Operations Specialists accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (220 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.73 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Airfield Operations Specialists make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $63,100. The 10th percentile is $42,230 and the 90th percentile is $82,190. Employment is 220.

How does that compare with the national median for Airfield Operations Specialists?

The local median is 11% higher than the national median of $56,850.

What is Airfield Operations Specialists pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $63,100 is $62,557. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Salt Lake City-Murray, UT compare with nearby metros for Airfield Operations Specialists?

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 58 miles away, at $38,390. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.