Senior Operations Research Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III 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$85,838
Middle 50%$85.7k–$89.5k
vs. all levels here+19%comparison median $72,400
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $81,619 and $110,715.
PercentileSalary
10th$81,619
25th$85,675
50th (median)$85,838
75th$89,458
90th$102,600

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2021: median $82,680 (15 filings) FY2022: median $85,296 (10 filings) FY2023: median $82,775 (11 filings) FY2026: median $86,000 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 15 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 7 filings FY24 FY2025: 4 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 15
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–––4
FY2021$82,680$73,226$110,58315
FY2022$85,296$71,110$109,38210
FY2023$82,775$80,000$87,05011
FY2024–––7
FY2025–––4
FY2026$86,000$85,675$89,45812

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median senior Operations Research Analyst salary of $85,838 is worth about $85,100 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 $85,838, 0% 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 Sachstoo few7
Brextoo few3
Johnson Marktoo few2

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.