Software engineer salary in Salt Lake City, UT
Software engineers in the Salt Lake City metro earn a median of $129,600 a year. That is 4.7% below the US median, and 5.5% below it once you account for higher prices in Salt Lake City.
Median salary
$129,600
US median: $135,980
The middle half earn
$102,560 – $160,740
25th to 75th percentile
After cost of living
$128,480
Salt Lake City prices: 0.9% above US average
H-1B median offer
$128,669
489 approved applications
Pay range
The top 10% of software engineers in Salt Lake City earn more than $177,090 a year. The bottom 10% earn less than $79,610.
10th percentile $79,610, 25th $102,560, 75th $160,740, 90th $177,090.
10th percentile $82,460, 25th $105,210, 75th $171,980, 90th $214,670.
10th percentile $104,499, 25th $104,750, 75th $152,402, 90th $176,556.
Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Box: the middle half (25th to 75th). Dark mark: the median.
How far the pay goes in Salt Lake City
Prices in Salt Lake City are 0.9% above the US average, which makes the median worth $128,480 in US-average dollars. Housing costs 23.3% more than the US average.
Black line: US average = 100. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024.
Other tech jobs in Salt Lake City
Median yearly pay and the number of people in each job across the Salt Lake City metro.
| Job | People | Median |
|---|---|---|
| IT managers | 5,620 | $160,810 |
| Software engineers | 19,040 | $129,600 |
| Data scientists | 2,970 | $114,990 |
| Computer programmers | 370 | $111,290 |
| Web and digital interface designers | 580 | $107,320 |
| Information security analysts | 1,190 | $102,830 |
| Network and systems administrators | 1,130 | $99,110 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,010 | $98,400 |
| Web developers | Not published | $88,770 |
| QA analysts and testers | 1,610 | $82,940 |
| IT support specialists | 6,110 | $62,410 |
What H-1B employers offer in Salt Lake City
From October 2025 to June 2026, the Department of Labor approved 489 H-1B applications for software engineers in the Salt Lake City metro, from 172 employers.
Median offer
$128,669
Middle half
$104,750 – $152,402
Employers
172
Applications by wage level
- Level I (entry): 45
- Level II: 177
- Level III: 119
- Level IV (most experienced): 125
- Not stated: 23
These are salaries offered on approved applications, not salaries paid. Each application lists only its main work site.
Job outlook
+15.8%
The BLS expects over 267,000 more software developer jobs across the US from 2024 to 2034. Jobs overall are expected to grow 3.1%.
93 open tech jobs in Salt Lake City right now
From 40 companies. 6 were posted in the past week.
Sources and notes
- Salaries and job counts: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published May 15, 2026), Salt Lake City-Murray metro. The BLS counts software engineers as "Software Developers" (job code 15-1252).
- Cost of living: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- H-1B offers: US Department of Labor, H-1B application data, October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Approved H-1B applications with job code 15-1252 and a work site in Salt Lake or Tooele county.
- Job outlook: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024 to 2034, whole US.
- Open jobs: counted on hiredaemon as this page loads.