SOC 53-3099 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 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 Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $53,050. The 10th percentile is $43,160 and the 90th percentile is $64,310. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$53,050

10th percentile
$43,160
25th percentile
$51,600
Median
$53,050
75th percentile
$57,270
90th percentile
$64,310
Mean
$54,940

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $43,160 and the 90th percentile is $64,310. The difference is $21,150, which is 39.9% 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 $51,600 to the 75th at $57,270, covers $5,670.

The mean annual wage is $54,940, which sits above the median of $53,050. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 42.7% higher than the national median of $37,180 for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,593, which is 41.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.5% lower than the Utah median of $56,140.

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 $53,050 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other at $52,593 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (30 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (46,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.12 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $53,050. The 10th percentile is $43,160 and the 90th percentile is $64,310. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other?

The local median is 42.7% higher than the national median of $37,180.

What is Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 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 $53,050 is $52,593. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.