SOC 53-7072 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 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 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $67,550. The 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th percentile is $79,320. Employment is 90.

Median annual wage

$67,550

10th percentile
$45,910
25th percentile
$54,750
Median
$67,550
75th percentile
$79,320
90th percentile
$79,320
Mean
$68,850

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers, the published 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th percentile is $79,320. The difference is $33,410, which is 49.5% 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 $54,750 to the 75th at $79,320, covers $24,570.

The mean annual wage is $68,850, which sits above the median of $67,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 9.4% higher than the national median of $61,770 for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,969, which is 8.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.7% higher than the Utah median of $61,590.

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 $67,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers at $66,969 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 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (90 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,780 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.73 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 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 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $67,550. The 10th percentile is $45,910 and the 90th percentile is $79,320. Employment is 90.

How does that compare with the national median for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers?

The local median is 9.4% higher than the national median of $61,770.

What is Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 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 $67,550 is $66,969. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.