Entry-level Financial Examiner salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 11 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Salt Lake City.

Median salary$59,000
Middle 50%$55k–$60.8k
vs. all levels here−24%comparison median $77,950
Filings11FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $51,000 and $64,740.
PercentileSalary
10th$51,000
25th$55,000
50th (median)$59,000
75th$60,750
90th$62,400

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $60k $70k FY2021: median $56,000 (17 filings) FY2022: median $60,000 (12 filings) FY2023: median $65,950 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 17 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 8 filings FY25 FY2026: 3 filings FY26 17
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–––1
FY2021$56,000$52,800$60,00017
FY2022$60,000$57,900$64,17512
FY2023$65,950$61,800$75,80012
FY2024–––5
FY2025–––8
FY2026–––3

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median entry-level Financial Examiner salary of $59,000 is worth about $58,500 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Examiners in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $95,640 in May 2025 (780 employed). The H-1B median here is $59,000, 38% 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$59,00011

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.