Entry-level Financial Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 29 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, Murray, Draper.

Also listed as: Investment Analyst

Median salary$63,000
Middle 50%$61.5k–$70k
vs. all levels here−21%comparison median $80,000
Filings29FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $54,338 and $74,362.
PercentileSalary
10th$55,000
25th$61,500
50th (median)$63,000
75th$70,000
90th$72,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2020: median $50,000 (15 filings) FY2021: median $51,950 (28 filings) FY2022: median $60,000 (24 filings) FY2023: median $63,650 (20 filings) FY2024: median $64,500 (12 filings) FY2025: median $63,900 (23 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 15 filings FY20 FY2021: 28 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 20 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 23 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 28
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$50,000$50,000$55,95015
FY2021$51,950$50,000$55,97528
FY2022$60,000$56,000$63,25024
FY2023$63,650$60,000$66,72520
FY2024$64,500$62,250$68,35012
FY2025$63,900$58,340$70,00023
FY2026–––6

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median entry-level Financial Analyst salary of $63,000 is worth about $62,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Salt Lake = 100.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Financial and Investment Analysts in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $91,100 in May 2025 (3,250 employed). The H-1B median here is $63,000, 31% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Goldman Sachs$63,45026

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $63,000 29
Mid-level · Level II $80,000 46
Senior · Level III $105,000 21
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$54,080$63,00029
Mid-level · Level II$78,894$80,00046
Senior · Level III$98,530$105,00021

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.