Entry-level Operations Research Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 28 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, Taylorsville, South Jordan, Murray.

Also listed as: Data Analyst

Median salary$65,532
Middle 50%$60k–$70k
vs. all levels here−9%comparison median $72,400
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $56,500 and $80,465.
PercentileSalary
10th$57,718
25th$60,000
50th (median)$65,532
75th$70,000
90th$73,175

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median entry-level Operations Research Analyst salary of $65,532 is worth about $65,000 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Operations Research Analysts in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $85,840 in May 2025 (580 employed). The H-1B median here is $65,532, 24% 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$67,00015
Infostretchtoo few6
University of Utahtoo few4

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $65,532 28
Mid-level · Level II $71,000 77
Senior · Level III $85,838 16
Expert · Level IV $119,538 14

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$56,077$65,53228
Mid-level · Level II$70,886$71,00077
Senior · Level III$85,675$85,83816
Expert · Level IV$100,485$119,53814

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.