Salt Lake City Ranks No. 1 in US for Management Job Postings

Salt Lake City claimed the top spot among major U.S. cities for management job postings, according to a massive new career market tracker released by JobLeads.

More than 1 in 5 new job postings in Salt Lake City, or 22.2 percent, are management or operations roles. That share represents roughly 11,600 postings, placing the city ahead of Houston at 21.4 percent, Charlotte at 21.4 percent, and Phoenix at 21.2 percent.

Engineering fields bucked a broader national slowdown during the second quarter of the year. While overall new job postings in Salt Lake City fell 4.6 percent from April to June compared to the previous quarter—totaling 52,514 postings—engineering positions rose 7.2 percent.

Engineering now accounts for 10.8 percent of all local job postings, or about 5,700 positions. That places Salt Lake City tied with Phoenix for No. 5 among 67 U.S. cities, sitting well above the median city rate of 8 percent. Huntsville, Alabama led the country at 20.08 percent, followed by Boise, Idaho at 16.38 percent and Cedar Rapids, Iowa at 12.41 percent.

Salt Lake City Ranks No. 1 in US for Management Job Postings — Photo: slc.gov

“Salt Lake City’s job market is built around people who run operations and people who engineer things,” said Ricardo Meneses Flores, content and insights data analyst at JobLeads. “No big U.S. city has a larger share of postings in management, and engineering kept growing even as overall postings cooled.”

The JobLeads data highlights distinct shifts across different professional sectors in the city. Alongside engineering, legal postings climbed 11.3 percent and human resources roles grew by 7.9 percent.

At the same time, information technology postings dropped 16.8 percent, steeper than the national median city drop of 10.6 percent. Sales fell 11.5 percent, marketing and media declined by 11.9 percent, and finance dropped 8.1 percent.

Healthcare makes up 15.6 percent of local postings, totaling about 8,200 openings. That is one of the eight lowest shares in the United States, compared to a national median city rate of 22.5 percent. Seniority data shows that 15.5 percent of postings target team leads and managers, ranking the city No. 15 nationally.

Workplace arrangements remain heavily concentrated on-site. Early 2026 data indicates that 77 percent of local postings require on-site attendance, while 11 percent offer hybrid options and 11.5 percent are fully remote.

To support its ongoing growth and maintain its reputation, the municipality continues to recruit civic-minded staff, offering a benefits package for employees.