Lineman salary in Salt Lake City, UT
Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Linemen in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $121,260 a year, or $58.30 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $124,790 a year. That's 20% more than the Utah median of $101,220.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $24.17/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 440
- After cost of living
- $120,220
- Median hourly pay
- $58.30/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +27%
- vs Utah median
- +20%
Apprentice and journeyman lineman pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $50,280–$80,200$24.17–$38.56/hr | |
| Journeyman | $121,260$58.30/hr | |
| Top earners | $124,180–$124,790$59.70–$59.99/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Salt Lake City, UT compares
- Salt Lake City has the highest lineman median of the 4 Utah metro areas with published pay.
- Linemen are less concentrated in the Salt Lake City area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.63 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $124,790, is 2.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $50,280: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
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Questions
- How much do linemen make in Salt Lake City, UT?
- Linemen in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $121,260 a year, or $58.30 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $124,790 a year.
- How much do linemen make an hour in Salt Lake City, UT?
- The median hourly wage is $58.30. The middle half earn between $38.56 and $59.70 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice linemen make in Salt Lake City, UT?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.17 an hour ($50,280 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $38.56.
- How much does a journeyman lineman make in Salt Lake City, UT?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $121,260 a year ($58.30 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $124,180–$124,790.
- Do linemen make more in Salt Lake City or St. George?
- Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $121,260 in Salt Lake City and $94,970 in St. George, a 28% difference.
- How does Salt Lake City pay compare with the rest of Utah?
- The Salt Lake City median of $121,260 is 20% more than the Utah median of $101,220.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-9051 (Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers), area code 41620 (Salt Lake City-Murray, UT). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed linemen and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures