Financial Examiner salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 58 certified H-1B filings in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Salt Lake City.

Median salary$77,950
Middle 50%$67k–$88.4k
vs. national median−14%comparison median $91,000
Filings58FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $51,000 and $152,900.
PercentileSalary
10th$59,700
25th$67,000
50th (median)$77,950
75th$88,375
90th$99,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2021: median $57,050 (22 filings) FY2022: median $65,500 (21 filings) FY2023: median $72,000 (15 filings) FY2024: median $71,300 (30 filings) FY2025: median $72,950 (40 filings) FY2026: median $83,050 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 22 filings FY21 FY2022: 21 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 30 filings FY24 FY2025: 40 filings FY25 FY2026: 18 filings FY26 40
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–––7
FY2021$57,050$54,700$62,55022
FY2022$65,500$60,000$85,50021
FY2023$72,000$63,700$75,80015
FY2024$71,300$68,000$78,30030
FY2025$72,950$67,000$83,32540
FY2026$83,050$79,000$99,50018

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median Financial Examiner salary of $77,950 is worth about $77,300 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Examiners in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $95,640 in May 2025 (780 employed). The H-1B median here is $77,950, 18% lower.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Goldman Sachs$77,95058

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $59,000 11
Mid-level · Level II $76,450 34
Senior · Level III $99,500 11
Expert · Level IV too few 2

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$50,835$59,00011
Mid-level · Level II$66,747$76,45034
Senior · Level III$82,638$99,50011

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.