LED & Solar recruiters serving Salt Lake City.
BLS counts 90 business locations of nonresidential electrical 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 5,890 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Salt Lake City metro, the largest group being electricians (about 5,710). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the LED & Solar hub.
Solar PV Installer
Salt Lake City: BLS does not publish a local figure for this occupation.
NABCEP-Certified Solar Technician
Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician
Salt Lake City: 5,710 employed · $62,620 median, 55th-highest of 112 metros
Solar Electrician
Solar Project Manager
O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group
Solar Estimator/Designer
Salt Lake City: 1,260 employed · $81,540 median, 25th-highest of 111 metros
Energy Auditor/Efficiency Consultant
O*NET 47-4011.01 - Energy Auditors; building energy assessments that often lead into LED retrofit and solar scoping
Solar O&M Technician
Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty)
Salt Lake City: 6,160 employed · $78,730 median, 55th-highest of 112 metros
Low-Voltage/Controls Technician
Salt Lake City: 180 employed · $61,510 median, 87th-highest of 107 metros
What LED & Solar roles earn in Salt Lake City.
BLS publishes no Salt Lake City pay for solar photovoltaic installers; nationally the median is $53,140. Electricians in Salt Lake City earn a median $62,620, level with the $63,190 national figure, and 55th of 112 metros. Pay runs $43,280 at the tenth percentile to $88,640 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment, at $61,510 against $74,090 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar PV Installer · NABCEP-Certified Solar Technician · Energy Auditor/Efficiency Consultant O*NET 47-4011.01 - Energy Auditors; building energy assessments that often lead into LED retrofit and solar scoping Solar O&M TechnicianSolar Photovoltaic Installers (47-2231) | – | – | $53,140 | – | – |
| Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician · Solar ElectricianElectricians (47-2111) | $62,620 | $43,280–$88,640 | $63,190 | −1% | 5,710 |
| Solar Project Manager O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group Solar Estimator/DesignerCost Estimators (13-1051) | $81,540 | $54,220–$130,960 | $78,740 | +4% | 1,260 |
| Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty)First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $78,730 | $58,480–$108,840 | $79,920 | −1% | 6,160 |
| Low-Voltage/Controls TechnicianElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (49-2094) | $61,510 | $46,850–$92,790 | $74,090 | −17% | 180 |
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 LED & solar market has changed since 2018.
Salt Lake City lost nonresidential electrical contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 146 business locations to 90 (down 38%), behind the 6% growth nationally. Headcount and pay for those firms are withheld in Salt Lake City, so the occupation figures above are the better guide to what hiring costs.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: business locations | 146 | 90 | −38% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Free LED & Solar hiring resources.
Definitive Guide to LED & Solar · 2026 LED & Solar Salary Guide · 3-Step Interview Guide for LED & Solar
How Salt Lake City's LED and solar market compares
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provo | 200 | $59,950 | 3.31 | 23 |
| Ogden | 190 | $48,290 | 3.42 | 29 |
| Salt Lake City | – | – | – | 90 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Salt Lake City metro. Employers are counted by business location.
LED & Solar licensing in Utah.
Utah has an S202 Solar Photovoltaic Contractor classification that requires a current NABCEP certificate. NEC-governed wiring and connections must be done by an E200 or E201 electrical contractor. The same state rules apply in Provo and Ogden, so candidates licensed there can work in Salt Lake City without re-qualifying.
Licensing authority: Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL). 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, with roughly 190 solar photovoltaic installers. BLS does not publish Salt Lake City figures for this occupation, so the nearby markets are the best guide: Provo has the largest pool within reach, about 200, at a $59,950 median.
What else is competing for Salt Lake City crews.
Not LED & solar 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stratos Project (Box Elder County)9GW capacity requiredApproved May 2026
A data-center and energy campus spanning roughly 40,000 acres, led by investor Kevin O'Leary. Outside the core SLC MSA but a massive draw on the same statewide skilled-trades labor pool once construction ramps.
Showing 3 of 4 projects tracked in this metro. The Salt Lake City market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for LED & solar, and what kills offers in Salt Lake City.
The 4 credentials that gate the work and the 4 things that most often end an LED & solar offer are the same in every market, kept in one place: LED & Solar 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 - LED & Solar hiring in Salt Lake City.
Which LED & solar roles pay the most in Salt Lake City?
Of the roles we recruit for, Solar Project Manager O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group Solar Estimator/Designer pays the most in Salt Lake City, an $81,540 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician at $62,620, 23% below it. Low-Voltage/Controls Technician is the lowest-paid field role at $61,510. Relative to national pay, Solar Project Manager O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group Solar Estimator/Designer is the strongest-paying role here (4% above). Low-Voltage/Controls Technician trails national pay the most (17% below).
How many nonresidential electrical contractors operate in Salt Lake City?
BLS counted 90 nonresidential electrical contractors in Salt Lake City in 2023. Down from 146 in 2018, a 38% decline against 6% growth nationally. BLS withholds their combined headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers. BLS counts commercial solar and LED retrofit firms under nonresidential electrical contractors.
Which nearby metros compete with Salt Lake City for solar photovoltaic installers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Ogden (32 miles, about 190, $48,290 median) and Provo (38 miles, about 200, $59,950 median).
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