Insulation recruiters serving Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City has 70% more insulation workers, mechanical per job than the country as a whole, about 230 in the metro. BLS counts 23 business locations of nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors across the metro. Below: local pay for every role we staff, the state licensing rules that apply and the nearby markets competing for the same people.
Positions we recruit for in Salt Lake City.
BLS counts about 910 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Salt Lake City metro, the largest group being construction and building inspectors (about 500). Relative to the size of the local economy, insulation workers, mechanical are far more concentrated here than nationally (location quotient 1.70). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the Insulation hub.
Mechanical Insulator (Pipe/Duct/Boiler)
Salt Lake City: 230 employed · $56,080 median, 37th-highest of 58 metros
Building Envelope Insulation Installer
Salt Lake City: BLS does not publish a local figure for this occupation.
Spray Foam Technician
Fireproofing / Firestop Technician
Insulation Foreman / Crew Lead
Salt Lake City: 6,160 employed · $78,730 median, 55th-highest of 112 metros
Insulation Estimator
Salt Lake City: 1,260 employed · $81,540 median, 25th-highest of 111 metros
Insulation Project Manager
Salt Lake City: $109,710 median, 57th-highest of 111 metros
Abatement-Certified Insulator
Salt Lake City: 180 employed · $48,070 median, 43rd-highest of 90 metros
Blower / Loose-Fill Insulation Technician
Insulation Inspector / QC Technician
Salt Lake City: 500 employed · $74,880 median, 47th-highest of 112 metros
What Insulation roles earn in Salt Lake City.
Insulation workers, mechanical in Salt Lake City earn a median $56,080, 4% under the $58,340 national figure, and 37th of 58 metros. Pay runs $46,390 at the tenth percentile to $112,060 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is construction and building inspectors, at $74,880 against $74,690 nationally. BLS withholds Salt Lake City pay for one occupation in the table.
| Role | Salt Lake City median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Insulator (Pipe/Duct/Boiler)Insulation Workers, Mechanical (47-2132) | $56,080 | $46,390–$112,060 | $58,340 | −4% | 230 |
| Building Envelope Insulation Installer · Spray Foam Technician · Fireproofing / Firestop TechnicianInsulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall (47-2131) | – | – | $49,120 | – | – |
| Insulation Foreman / Crew LeadFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $78,730 | $58,480–$108,840 | $79,920 | −1% | 6,160 |
| Insulation EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $81,540 | $54,220–$130,960 | $78,740 | +4% | 1,260 |
| Insulation Project ManagerConstruction Managers (11-9021) | $109,710 | $79,310–$166,100 | $114,990 | −5% | – |
| Abatement-Certified InsulatorHazardous Materials Removal Workers (47-4041) | $48,070 | $36,870–$77,120 | $49,450 | −3% | 180 |
| Insulation Inspector / QC TechnicianConstruction and Building Inspectors (47-4011) | $74,880 | $50,680–$101,050 | $74,690 | 0% | 500 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Salt Lake City metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile; management and office roles are metro-wide. A metro ranking counts only the metros where BLS publishes that occupation.
How Salt Lake City's insulation market has changed since 2018.
Salt Lake City lost nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 39 business locations to 23 (down 41%), behind the 3% national decline. Headcount at those firms went down 9%, to about 1,093 people. Average annual pay there went from $51,920 to $72,210 (+39%), faster than the 21% national increase, a sign employers here have had to bid up.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors: business locations | 39 | 23 | −41% |
| Nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors: employment | 1,196 | 1,093 | −9% |
| Nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors: average annual pay | $51,920 | $72,210 | +39% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Free Insulation hiring resources.
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How Salt Lake City's insulation market compares
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | 60 | $39,110 | 0.79 | 6 |
| Salt Lake City | – | – | – | 23 |
| Provo | – | – | – | 8 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:Local insulation employers in Salt Lake City are adding headcount, which means more employers competing for the same people.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Salt Lake City metro. Employers are counted by business location.
Insulation licensing in Utah.
Utah licenses construction contractors as general contractors or as specialty contractors in defined classifications set by state rule. The same state rules apply in Provo and Ogden, so candidates licensed there can work in Salt Lake City without re-qualifying.
Licensing authority: Division of Professional Licensing (Utah Department of Commerce). Confirm current rules with the agency.
Nearby markets competing for Salt Lake City talent.
The closest metro we cover is Ogden, about 30 miles away. Salt Lake City pays more than every metro we cover within reach ($56,080 median), which helps when recruiting people in from Provo at $48,910. Salt Lake City is the largest market for this work in the region, so nearby metros tend to recruit from here rather than the other way round.
What else is competing for Salt Lake City crews.
Not insulation work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into Salt Lake City in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- Novva Data Center Campus (West Jordan)1M sq ft total, 175MW capacityPhases 2-3 completing 2026
A 100-acre direct-to-chip cooled AI data-center campus inside the Salt Lake City MSA proper - among the largest of its kind in the world. Extremely demanding mechanical (liquid cooling) and electrical scope.
- QTS Data Center (Eagle Mountain)UndisclosedUnder construction
More than 2,000 construction jobs and 100+ permanent roles, with a closed-loop cooling system. Adds directly to the statewide competition for data-center mechanical and electrical talent that Salt Lake City-based contractors draw from.
- Creekstone Energy "gigasite" (Millard County)10+ GW capacityUnder construction
Billed as the largest data-center campus in the world once complete. Like Stratos, outside the core metro but a defining statewide demand signal for Utah's mechanical and electrical trades.
Showing 3 of 4 projects tracked in this metro. The Salt Lake City market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for insulation, and what kills offers in Salt Lake City.
The 4 credentials that gate the work and the 3 things that most often end an insulation offer are the same in every market, kept in one place: Insulation credentials and offer risks, each linked to the body that issues it. What is local is the licensing rule above and the pay further up this page.
Frequently asked - Insulation hiring in Salt Lake City.
What do insulation workers, mechanical earn in Salt Lake City?
BLS puts the Salt Lake City median for insulation workers, mechanical at $56,080 a year, 4% below the $58,340 national median. That ranks 37th of 58 metros with published figures, in the middle of the pack. The range is unusually wide: $46,390 at the bottom tenth against $112,060 at the top tenth, a 2.4x gap. Senior people here are priced far above the median. No other Utah metro we cover pays more for this work (Provo: $48,910).
Is it hard to hire insulation workers, mechanical in Salt Lake City?
Not by national standards. Insulation workers, mechanical make up 70% more of the Salt Lake City workforce than they do nationally, about 230 people. The 23 nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors here average about 48 employees per location, which means a handful of large operators set the pace on pay. There are 41% fewer of those firms than in 2018, so experienced people have fewer local employers to move between.
Which insulation roles pay the most in Salt Lake City?
Of the roles we recruit for, Insulation Project Manager pays the most in Salt Lake City, a $109,710 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Insulation Inspector / QC Technician at $74,880, 32% below it. Abatement-Certified Insulator is the lowest-paid field role at $48,070. Relative to national pay, Insulation Estimator is the strongest-paying role here (4% above). Insulation Project Manager trails national pay the most (5% below).
How many nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors operate in Salt Lake City?
BLS counted 23 nonresidential drywall and insulation contractors in Salt Lake City in 2023, employing about 1,093 people between them. Down from 39 in 2018, a 41% decline against 3% decline nationally. That averages 48 people per location, so a few large operators dominate hiring. They pay an average of $72,210, 6% below the $77,107 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Salt Lake City for insulation workers, mechanical?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Provo (38 miles, about 40, $48,910 median). Salt Lake City out-pays Provo, an advantage when recruiting from there.
Plenty of people. Few of them looking.
Salt Lake City has one of the deeper pools of insulation workers, mechanical we cover, but the best of them are already working. Let's find the ones ready to move.
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