Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · CBSA 41620
Materials Engineer Salary in Salt Lake City
VerifiedPublished metro-area wages for materials engineers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, from the BLS OEWS May 2024 release — with the local distribution set against Utah and the national benchmark.
Materials Engineers in Salt Lake City earn a median of $76,650 per year, per BLS OEWS May 2024. The middle 50% earn $67,330–$109,130; the top 10% earn $134,250. That is 29% below the national median and 11% below the Utah median. BLS reports 250 employed locally.
Median wage
Verified$76,650
-29% vs national
Top 10% earn
$134,250
90th percentile
Employed in metro
250
Reliability Low (32.4% RSE)
Materials Engineer pay — Salt Lake City vs Utah vs national
All three distributions are published BLS percentiles on a single shared scale.
| Percentile | Annual wage | vs national |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileentry / low | $67,330 | -1% |
| 25th percentile | $67,330 | -22% |
| Median50th percentile | $76,650 | -29% |
| 75th percentile | $109,130 | -21% |
| 90th percentiletop earners | $134,250 | -22% |
| Meanaverage | $93,180 | -20% |
How concentrated materials engineers are in Salt Lake City
Location quotient compares local concentration to the national rate. Above 1.00 means this metro employs the occupation more densely than the country overall.
Location quotient
2.05
Jobs per 1,000
0.30
Metro rank (pay)
#91 of 94
All engineering roles
$118,365
At a location quotient of 2.05, Salt Lake City is a genuine hub for this discipline — the occupation is roughly 2.0× as concentrated here as nationally, which usually means deeper employer competition and more lateral options.
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Source details
Published wage from BLS OEWS May 2024 for SOC 17-2131 (Materials Engineers), Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (metro area).
Benchmarks come from published government wage data via BLS OEWS. Local and emerging-role figures are labeled estimates. Full methodology →