Meta Eagle Mountain Campus

Provo-Orem-Lehi is the heart of Utah's "Silicon Slopes" — Adobe, Qualtrics, Ancestry, Domo, and a dense startup ecosystem fed by BYU and UVU graduates. Data centers serve those tech tenants — one tracked facility and roughly 300 NAICS 518 jobs (estimated). The metro is a small data center market layered onto a strong tech-employer base.

The trades pool is small. Electricians at $60,860 earn moderately, while HVAC technicians at $48,930 fall well behind — an unusually wide gap for the region. The 3,040 IT support workforce at $59,390 is large relative to other trades and reflects the tech employer base. Network admins clear $95,820.

For a trades worker, Provo is best treated as an IT support and infrastructure market more than a trades market. Electricians have decent fit; HVAC techs face lower wages here than in nearby Salt Lake City. Best fit for IT support staff pivoting into infrastructure work, with cost of living advantages over the Wasatch Front norm.