Entry-level Quantitative Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 13 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Salt Lake City, Draper, Sandy, South Jordan.

Median salary$61,800
Middle 50%$46k–$67k
vs. all levels here−14%comparison median $72,100
Filings13FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $42,000 and $89,952.
PercentileSalary
10th$42,000
25th$46,000
50th (median)$61,800
75th$67,000
90th$85,960

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $60k $80k FY2020: median $51,250 (60 filings) FY2021: median $51,500 (103 filings) FY2022: median $58,600 (133 filings) FY2023: median $69,300 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 60 filings FY20 FY2021: 103 filings FY21 FY2022: 133 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 9 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 133
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$51,250$50,000$52,20060
FY2021$51,500$50,000$54,950103
FY2022$58,600$55,000$63,200133
FY2023$69,300$60,000$85,00013
FY2024–––6
FY2025–––9
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median entry-level Quantitative Analyst salary of $61,800 is worth about $61,300 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Quantitative Analysts in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $75,130 in May 2025 (1,820 employed). The H-1B median here is $61,800, 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.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Goldman Sachs$61,80013

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $61,800 13
Mid-level · Level II $70,000 89
Senior · Level III $101,750 24
Expert · Level IV too few 4

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$33,675$61,80013
Mid-level · Level II$49,213$70,00089
Senior · Level III$64,730$101,75024

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.