Licensed supply, wages, demand, and real current openings for elevator mechanics in Salt Lake County, UT, updated nightly from the state register, BLS, and live job listings.
Salt Lake County, UT carries 57 licensed elevator mechanics and a median wage of $82,750/yr ($39.78/hr).
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This county sits at the 12th percentile nationally for elevator mechanics pay, below the median US county. Average weekly wages across the county's construction trades rose 4.6% year over year (BLS QCEW).
Real, current elevator mechanics openings, 2 in Salt Lake County itself. Jobs by Adzuna.
Salt Lake County holds 84% of the metro area's 68 licensed elevator mechanics (the largest elevator mechanics pool among its 2 counties), at 0.5 per 10,000 residents against 0.5 metro-wide.
Employment from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the industry this trade sits in; payroll from the Census County Business Patterns. Establishment counts are QCEW where the county is disclosed and an ATI estimate otherwise.
| Measure | Value | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Employer establishments | 18 | Physical business locations in this industry. |
| Industry employment | 930 | Everyone on those payrolls, not only licensed trades. |
| Annual industry payroll | $65M | Total wages paid across those establishments (Census CBP, 2023). |
County-wide construction activity, across all trades rather than elevator mechanics specifically. Each figure names its source and the period it covers.
| Measure | Value | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 7,179 | Last full year, county-wide. 60 per 10,000 residents. Permits lead construction hiring by months, so this is the earliest honest signal of work arriving (Census Building Permits Survey). |
| Construction employment | 37,585 | Everyone working in construction in this county, all trades and office staff. Average pay $1,442 per week. BLS QCEW. |
| Median year homes were built | 1986 | Older stock means more repair, replacement and retrofit work, which is steadier than new build and does not stop in a downturn (Census ACS). |
| Net migration | -2,278 | People who moved in minus people who moved out, from IRS address changes. Arrivals need housing, wiring, plumbing and heat. |
0.5 licensed elevator mechanics per 10,000 residents; 31 licensed holders per 100 estimated workers in the trade; 24.5 registered apprentices per 100 estimated workers; 0.4 apprentices per 10,000 residents. A thin pipeline against an ageing licensed base is how a shortage forms years before it shows up in wages.
License register: 2026-09-17; Wages: 2025-05-31; Demand: 2026-09-17; Apprenticeship: 2025-12-31.
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