Senior Financial Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 21 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III 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$105,000
Middle 50%$100k–$112.6k
vs. all levels here+31%comparison median $80,000
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $98,624 and $140,161.
PercentileSalary
10th$99,000
25th$100,000
50th (median)$105,000
75th$112,600
90th$120,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2021: median $96,700 (10 filings) FY2022: median $105,000 (10 filings) FY2025: median $108,550 (10 filings) FY2026: median $100,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 11
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–––5
FY2021$96,700$84,656$186,56210
FY2022$105,000$81,250$130,00010
FY2023–––9
FY2024–––8
FY2025$108,550$104,625$113,95010
FY2026$100,000$99,000$106,15011

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median senior Financial Analyst salary of $105,000 is worth about $104,100 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 $105,000, 15% higher.

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$104,00012

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.