Logan Employment

Employment and Industries in the Logan, Utah Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Logan than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Logan.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Logan.
A list of any large public companies in Logan.

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Elementary school teachers, except special education	600	43,640	$27,750 - 61,780	14%	95%
2	Registered nurses	580	52,640	$40,030 - 71,490	24%	56%
3	Accountants and auditors	290	49,700	$31,120 - 78,130	18%	79%
4	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	260	61,870	$21,870 - 99,540	8%	51%
5	Computer programmers	180	51,420	$33,220 - 71,980	0%	73%
6	Teachers and instructors, all other	180	17,190	$12,280 - 24,580	9%	54%
7	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	140	45,930	$29,760 - 63,050	11%	95%
8	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	140	39,160	$27,940 - 55,450	13%	73%
9	Financial managers	110	76,000	$40,920 - 117,650	13%	60%
10	Network and computer systems administrators	110	47,570	$31,360 - 69,450	27%	50%
11	Biological technicians	100	29,160	$18,590 - 39,280	16%	60%
12	Chief executives	90	126,830	$59,730 -	2%	65%
13	Industrial engineers	80	62,530	$41,270 - 97,520	20%	74%
14	Graphic designers	80	35,500	$21,800 - 52,900	10%	55%
15	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	80	54,670	$38,310 - 78,270	12%	51%
16	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	70	64,300	$51,970 - 83,030	8%	78%
17	Pharmacists	70	101,870	$80,730 - 122,030	22%	97%
18	Computer software engineers, applications	70	52,850	$24,420 - 77,480	45%	85%
19	Social and community service managers	60	55,000	$28,320 - 111,330	25%	72%
20	Sales managers	60	94,380	$47,860 -	10%	69%
21	Medical and health services managers	60	82,460	$53,630 - 132,830	16%	57%
22	Mechanical engineers	60	56,710	$41,190 - 78,740	4%	78%
23	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	50	44,420	$30,540 - 66,540	17%	56%
24	Librarians	50	46,210	$26,780 - 76,790	4%	85%
25	Legislators	50	20,820	$11,620 - 63,690	1%	65%
26	Physical therapists	50	67,410	$48,860 - 82,900	27%	89%
27	Electrical engineers	50	59,920	$43,080 - 80,400	6%	81%
28	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	50	84,570	$43,240 -	12%	51%
29	Training and development specialists	50	43,140	$29,360 - 56,230	18%	56%
30	Zoologists and wildlife biologists	50	51,410	$33,830 - 88,470	9%	95%
31	Conservation scientists	50	64,000	$31,090 - 115,600	5%	86%
32	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	40	60,050	$33,220 - 101,150	25%	67%
33	Community and social service specialists, all other	40	35,450	$27,110 - 47,920	25%	58%
34	Electronics engineers, except computer	40	69,010	$51,570 - 94,380	4%	81%
35	Computer and information systems managers	40	79,310	$47,530 - 103,290	16%	73%
36	Floral designers	40	18,940	$12,630 - 27,520	0%	55%
37	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	40	23,270	$16,360 - 34,730	15%	51%
38	Managers, all other	40	77,450	$41,070 -	7%	55%
39	Engineering managers	40	88,620	$55,140 - 130,800	7%	84%
40	Medical and public health social workers	40	38,640	$30,070 - 55,090	24%	77%
41	Public relations specialists	40	36,730	$14,560 - 58,510	18%	81%
42	Rehabilitation counselors	30	30,730	$20,450 - 50,730	23%	73%
43	Lawyers	30	94,010	$47,220 -	11%	99%
44	Network systems and data communications analysts	30	43,670	$28,260 - 66,130	53%	57%
45	Sales and related workers, all other	30		$[?] -	14%	62%
46	Coaches and scouts	30	26,910	$20,800 - 38,050	15%	60%
47	Child, family, and school social workers	30	31,860	$22,020 - 46,990	19%	77%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,910	20,840	$12,780 - 29,950	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,390	15,810	$12,050 - 20,720	-2%	10%
3	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	1,330	24,580	$17,420 - 34,190	1%	18%
4	Office clerks, general	1,070	21,630	$15,190 - 30,390	13%	19%
5	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	890	15,190	$11,700 - 19,370	18%	5%
6	Teacher assistants	780	20,030	$16,130 - 25,370	10%	18%
7	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	720	19,480	$12,520 - 28,710	15%	4%
8	Waiters and waitresses	670	20,610	$12,290 - 30,760	11%	14%
9	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	650	31,050	$19,090 - 43,430	10%	4%
10	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	590	25,550	$16,180 - 35,540	13%	16%
11	Stock clerks and order fillers	590	20,750	$14,370 - 28,730	-7%	8%
12	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	580	20,780	$16,560 - 25,640	18%	7%
13	Carpenters	570	36,700	$21,200 - 56,690	10%	6%
14	Team assemblers	550	22,150	$17,290 - 27,290	0%	5%
15	General and operations managers	520	76,210	$34,340 - 141,340	2%	48%
16	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	510	20,880	$14,260 - 30,150	2%	5%
17	Maintenance and repair workers, general	440	24,920	$15,720 - 36,780	10%	6%
18	Customer service representatives	430	22,290	$15,110 - 34,820	25%	22%
19	Construction laborers	410	23,030	$15,210 - 33,160	11%	5%
20	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	410	42,620	$28,320 - 60,710	-4%	15%
21	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	410	44,110	$31,280 - 62,700	9%	10%
22	Packers and packagers, hand	410	15,700	$11,890 - 21,750	-11%	3%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	410	40,570	$25,960 - 69,530	6%	29%
24	Receptionists and information clerks	380	19,410	$14,370 - 24,580	17%	13%
25	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	370	33,440	$22,050 - 47,020	4%	25%
26	Industrial truck and tractor operators	370	26,090	$19,990 - 36,380	-1%	2%
27	Food batchmakers	350		$[?] -	11%	5%
28	Food preparation workers	340	14,980	$11,930 - 18,960	15%	7%
29	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	340	19,130	$13,610 - 27,220	18%	6%
30	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	330	31,750	$18,520 - 47,260	14%	4%
31	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	330	23,270	$12,420 - 36,490	-6%	14%
32	Helpers--production workers	320	18,410	$12,500 - 24,820	0%	4%
33	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	300	25,810	$16,550 - 47,890	8%	4%
34	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	280	21,700	$16,490 - 29,090	-26%	6%
35	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	270	26,180	$16,430 - 37,080	11%	14%
36	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	260	20,850	$12,680 - 31,690	-4%	5%
37	Cooks, restaurant	250	21,600	$16,420 - 32,900	12%	5%
38	Tellers	230	22,120	$17,170 - 28,140	14%	16%
39	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	230	17,490	$13,460 - 22,150	13%	5%
40	Drywall and ceiling tile installers	230	33,770	$14,170 - 46,870	7%	2%
41	Home health aides	230	17,890	$14,430 - 20,430	49%	7%
42	Dental assistants	180	24,070	$17,270 - 34,210	29%	9%
43	Medical secretaries	180	26,940	$20,950 - 33,920	17%	18%
44	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	180	25,190	$19,450 - 32,200	4%	6%
45	Machinists	180	34,610	$23,050 - 49,150	-2%	3%
46	Electricians	170	32,530	$21,440 - 45,820	7%	7%
47	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	170	36,100	$25,520 - 50,220	15%	18%
48	Printing machine operators	170	26,790	$16,060 - 42,520	-5%	6%
49	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	170	33,590	$22,380 - 44,580	9%	3%
50	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	170	14,360	$11,900 - 18,300	10%	8%
51	Business operations specialists, all other	160	43,040	$26,990 - 64,460	21%	49%
52	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	160	29,410	$21,290 - 39,840	4%	30%
53	Assemblers and fabricators, all other	160	20,080	$15,490 - 26,640	-8%	5%
54	Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	150	36,260	$19,120 - 52,460	4%	18%
55	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	150	25,490	$17,910 - 34,310	3%	4%
56	Dishwashers	140	15,360	$12,000 - 19,120	10%	3%
57	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	140	31,590	$26,740 - 38,700	8%	3%
58	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	140	29,950	$25,020 - 37,450	5%	2%
59	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	130	22,930	$16,920 - 28,930	11%	5%
60	Painters, construction and maintenance	120	26,810	$14,550 - 37,980	12%	6%
61	Child care workers	120	16,180	$12,010 - 19,800	18%	15%
62	Computer support specialists	120	33,350	$19,990 - 52,460	13%	43%
63	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	120	39,980	$24,200 - 58,230	0%	42%
64	Agricultural and food science technicians	120	32,340	$21,360 - 43,860	7%	32%
65	Parts salespersons	120	27,240	$16,560 - 39,100	-1%	6%
66	Automotive body and related repairers	110	33,540	$16,970 - 49,430	12%	3%
67	Loan officers	110	53,540	$24,660 - 65,990	12%	49%
68	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	110	15,520	$12,250 - 18,660	10%	17%
69	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	110	25,000	$18,630 - 31,700	-14%	0%
70	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	110	31,230	$24,300 - 41,660	14%	7%
71	Medical assistants	100	22,060	$16,700 - 29,870	35%	10%
72	Loan interviewers and clerks	100	25,270	$18,210 - 36,010	0%	24%
73	Counter and rental clerks	100	24,970	$13,620 - 36,560	23%	16%
74	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	100	24,220	$20,300 - 31,380	-12%	0%
75	Insurance sales agents	100	30,290	$20,880 - 40,790	13%	45%
76	Maintenance workers, machinery	100	31,750	$19,210 - 48,030	0%	0%
77	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	100	27,210	$19,460 - 39,690	4%	15%
78	Postal service mail carriers	100	42,730	$31,590 - 51,230	1%	11%
79	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	100	20,330	$16,720 - 25,080	12%	6%
80	Bakers	90	18,910	$13,330 - 27,610	10%	8%
81	Preschool teachers, except special education	90	19,060	$16,010 - 24,530	26%	43%
82	Industrial production managers	90	75,850	$47,130 - 113,810	-5%	43%
83	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	90	49,210	$28,880 - 64,120	7%	13%
84	Sewing machine operators	90	17,800	$13,060 - 22,980	-26%	5%
85	Cooks, fast food	90	17,450	$12,500 - 23,590	8%	5%
86	Telemarketers	90	23,030	$13,500 - 29,190	-9%	14%
87	Production workers, all other	90	21,470	$15,540 - 37,430	2%	5%
88	Pharmacy technicians	90	29,100	$22,200 - 36,500	32%	16%
89	Cost estimators	80	59,860	$31,330 - 92,260	19%	32%
90	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	80	16,540	$12,100 - 20,600	17%	14%
91	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	80	18,440	$15,090 - 24,480	14%	3%
92	Cement masons and concrete finishers	80	32,940	$22,180 - 45,480	11%	2%
93	Fire fighters	80		$[?] -	12%	18%
94	Prepress technicians and workers	80	28,680	$22,200 - 35,810	-20%	16%
95	Construction managers	70	83,870	$37,880 -	16%	29%
96	Industrial machinery mechanics	70	37,090	$26,150 - 47,760	9%	5%
97	Butchers and meat cutters	70	26,790	$16,060 - 42,300	2%	2%
98	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	70	22,390	$17,140 - 29,340	-6%	0%
99	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	60	36,690	$26,240 - 51,980	12%	3%
100	Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	60	30,810	$17,160 - 40,280	-7%	0%

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Jobs More Common Near Logan Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Agricultural and food science technicians	32,340	120	50.3
Food batchmakers		350	15.4
Biological technicians	29,160	100	6.6
Drywall and ceiling tile installers	33,770	230	6.1
Maintenance workers, machinery	31,750	100	5.6
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	21,700	280	5
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	25,490	150	5
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	36,260	150	3.3
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,220	100	3.2
Printing machine operators	26,790	170	3.1
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	20,850	260	2.8
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	23,270	330	2.7
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	24,580	1,330	2.7
Automotive body and related repairers	33,540	110	2.7
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	44,110	410	2.6
Helpers--production workers	18,410	320	2.6
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	33,590	170	2.4
Teacher assistants	20,030	780	2.4
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	42,620	410	2.4
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	20,080	160	2.3
Dental assistants	24,070	180	2.3
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	39,160	140	2.3
Industrial truck and tractor operators	26,090	370	2.2
Carpenters	36,700	570	2.2
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	29,410	160	2.1
Parts salespersons	27,240	120	2
Packers and packagers, hand	15,700	410	2
Team assemblers	22,150	550	2
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	31,750	330	1.9
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	25,000	110	1.8
Machinists	34,610	180	1.7
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,780	580	1.6
Painters, construction and maintenance	26,810	120	1.6
Elementary school teachers, except special education	43,640	600	1.6
Retail salespersons	20,840	1,910	1.5
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	29,950	140	1.5
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	31,050	650	1.5
Computer programmers	51,420	180	1.5
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	39,980	120	1.5
Medical secretaries	26,940	180	1.5
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	22,930	130	1.5
Cashiers	15,810	1,390	1.5
Loan interviewers and clerks	25,270	100	1.5
Tellers	22,120	230	1.5
Food preparation workers	14,980	340	1.4
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	31,590	140	1.4
Construction laborers	23,030	410	1.4
Teachers and instructors, all other	17,190	180	1.3
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	19,130	340	1.3
Office clerks, general	21,630	1,070	1.3

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Logan, Utah Metro Area (2007 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Waiters and waitresses	20,610	1.16	670
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	61,870	1.11	260
Cooks, restaurant	21,600	1.02	250
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	22,930	1.01	130
Carpenters	36,700	0.97	570
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	36,100	0.97	170
Tellers	22,120	0.96	230
Machinists	34,610	0.96	180
Medical secretaries	26,940	0.95	180
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	17,490	0.94	230
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	45,930	0.94	140
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	25,810	0.93	300
Teacher assistants	20,030	0.93	780
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,750	0.93	590
Dishwashers	15,360	0.93	140
Loan officers	53,540	0.92	110
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,190	0.92	890
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	40,570	0.92	410
Elementary school teachers, except special education	43,640	0.91	600
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,520	0.91	110
Drywall and ceiling tile installers	33,770	0.91	230
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	25,190	0.91	180
Agricultural and food science technicians	32,340	0.91	120
Parts salespersons	27,240	0.91	120
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	31,750	0.9	330
Industrial truck and tractor operators	26,090	0.89	370
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	20,880	0.89	510
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,780	0.89	580
Registered nurses	52,640	0.89	580
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,180	0.89	270
Automotive body and related repairers	33,540	0.88	110
Office clerks, general	21,630	0.88	1,070
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	33,440	0.88	370
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	25,000	0.88	110
Cashiers	15,810	0.88	1,390
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	19,480	0.88	720
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	29,950	0.88	140
Home health aides	17,890	0.87	230
Child care workers	16,180	0.87	120
Retail salespersons	20,840	0.87	1,910
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	24,580	0.87	1,330
Accountants and auditors	49,700	0.86	290
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	25,490	0.86	150
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	31,050	0.85	650
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	33,590	0.85	170
Financial managers	76,000	0.85	110
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	14,360	0.84	170
Team assemblers	22,150	0.84	550
Receptionists and information clerks	19,410	0.84	380
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	42,620	0.83	410

Highest Paying Jobs in Logan, Utah Metro Area (2007 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Physicians and surgeons, all other	169,800	30
Chief executives	126,830	90
Pharmacists	101,870	70
Sales managers	94,380	60
Lawyers	94,010	30
Engineering managers	88,620	40
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	84,570	50
Construction managers	83,870	70
Medical and health services managers	82,460	60
Computer and information systems managers	79,310	40
Managers, all other	77,450	40
General and operations managers	76,210	520
Financial managers	76,000	110
Industrial production managers	75,850	90
Administrative services managers	70,090	40
Electronics engineers, except computer	69,010	40
Physical therapists	67,410	50
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	65,980
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	64,300	70
Conservation scientists	64,000	50
Industrial engineers	62,530	80
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	61,870	260
Dental hygienists	60,230
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	60,050	40
Electrical engineers	59,920	50
Cost estimators	59,860	80
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	59,180	40
Mechanical engineers	56,710	60
Social and community service managers	55,000	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	54,670	80
Civil engineers	54,290
Loan officers	53,540	110
Computer software engineers, applications	52,850	70
Registered nurses	52,640	580
Computer programmers	51,420	180
Zoologists and wildlife biologists	51,410	50
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	49,950	40
Accountants and auditors	49,700	290
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	49,210	90
Sales representatives, services, all other	48,860
Network and computer systems administrators	47,570	110
Radiologic technologists and technicians	46,750	50
Librarians	46,210	50
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	45,930	140
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	45,350
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	44,960	40
Food service managers	44,960	50
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	44,420	50
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	44,110	410
Network systems and data communications analysts	43,670	30

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