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Labor Market Pulse
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metro Edition
Focus: FINANCE
Ogden Finance pay splits sharply by role as hiring cools.
125,027
Weber County employment
Down 1.1% vs August 2025
3.5%
Ogden-Clearfield unemployment
vs 4.1% national, 3.5% Utah
-129,000
National Financial Activities jobs
Lost since May 2025, mostly insurance
77%
F&A talent shortage index
Up from 108% surplus reading in 2025
This Month's Takeaways
Financial Analyst pay is rising while the sector cools.
Metro median advertised pay for Financial Analysts climbed to $92,059, a significant increase even as Weber County's overall job count fell year-over-year. That divergence suggests analytical and FP&A-adjacent talent is being bid up locally despite softer headline hiring, a pattern worth separating from broader market cooling in workforce plans.
Billing Specialist pay is dropping sharply in Ogden.
Metro median advertised pay for Billing Specialists fell significantly to $43,992 while the national figure rose moderately to $49,512, a reversal that may reflect automation absorbing transactional finance work locally faster than elsewhere. Organizations benchmarking this role against national data risk overpaying for a function the local market is already discounting.
FP&A Manager compensation reflects a scarcity premium, not inflation.
Metro median pay for FP&A Manager roles rose significantly to $126,044, nearly matching the national figure of $128,139 despite Ogden's smaller labor market. This is consistent with national F&A hiring data showing nearly half of organizations expecting direct labor rate increases above 4% in labor-scarce functions.
Controller and Senior Accountant pay are both softening locally.
Metro Controller pay fell moderately to $110,354 and Senior Accountant pay fell moderately to $80,999, both trailing national medians and running counter to the upward pressure seen in analyst and tax roles. Current conditions suggest demand has concentrated in forward-looking analytical functions while traditional accounting and oversight roles face comparatively softer local demand.
Local Labor Conditions
Weber County employment slipped 1.1% year-over-year to 125,027 jobs in August 2026 even as the Ogden-Clearfield unemployment rate held at a tight 3.5%, a divergence consistent with Utah's broader shift from expansion to retention mode as job openings and quit rates decline statewide. Financial Activities remains one of the metro's few growth sectors, up 1.9% locally, running counter to the national contraction of 129,000 finance jobs since May 2025 and signaling Ogden's Finance labor pool is tightening even as the sector sheds headcount nationally.
Leadership & Talent Implications
Ogden Finance leaders are operating in a market where headcount is essentially flat but talent is scarcer, meaning open seats in specialized roles will take longer to fill and attrition carries outsized replacement cost even though the broader economy is cooling. National F&A hiring intentions are aggressive — 74% of leaders plan to add permanent headcount against a 2026 Talent Shortage Index of 77% — while Ogden's Financial Analyst pay has moved up significantly, a local signal that demand is outpacing the typical candidate pipeline for analytical roles. Consider reviewing headcount plans for analyst-tier positions against actual time-to-fill data rather than historical norms, since local employment cooling masks real scarcity in specific job families.
