A Trendlines magazine article by Department of Workforce Services economist, John Mathews states:The highest-paid professions in Utah in 2010 were doctors, dentists, lawyers, and engineering managers. The state’s lowest paid positions included hosts and hostesses, counter attendants in food service, food preparation workers, dishwashers, and fast-food cooks.
This information is from the annual Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey, which produces estimates of wages for workers in about 600 occupations and nine geographic areas in Utah. Some 4,000 employers are surveyed annually to collect this important information. The highest-paid workers in Utah are in healthcare with medical doctors of different specialties median annual earnings of $100,000 to $200,000. Engineering managers, sales engineers, chief executives, pharmacists, and computer and information systems managers all had median annual earnings of $100,000 to $130,000.
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