Salt Lake City sits inside Rocky Mountain Power's Utah territory, so most distribution, transmission, and outage work along the Wasatch Front runs on PacifiCorp's grid. Average lineman pay here is about $85,080 a year, which puts the metro near the middle of the national pay range. Utah is a right-to-work state, and IBEW Local 57 is headquartered in Salt Lake City.
The PacifiCorp investor-owned utility covering the Wasatch Front.
Line construction contractor working utility and transmission builds.
Local electrical contractor with utility and industrial crews.
Salt Lake based contractor staffing electrical and line work.
West Valley City, Sandy, Ogden, and Provo all pull from the same Wasatch Front labor pool, so a Salt Lake address puts you inside commuting range of most postings.
Average pay is roughly $85,080 per year. Rocky Mountain Power and union contractor scale sit at the top of that range, with contractor apprentice rates well below it.
Outside lineman apprenticeships in the Salt Lake area run through Mountain States Line Constructors, tied to IBEW Local 57. Most people start as a groundman first; see the IBEW outside lineman apprenticeship guide.
Utah is right-to-work, so union membership is never a hiring condition. Local 57 still covers a meaningful share of outside line work in the metro, and non-union contractors hire alongside it.