Entry-level Risk Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 40 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, Salt Lake Cit, West Jordan.

Also listed as: Financial Risk Specialist

Median salary$65,900
Middle 50%$64k–$71.4k
vs. all levels here−20%comparison median $82,500
Filings40FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $60,000 and $75,708.
PercentileSalary
10th$60,000
25th$63,980
50th (median)$65,900
75th$71,400
90th$72,050

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2020: median $58,900 (10 filings) FY2021: median $75,000 (33 filings) FY2022: median $80,000 (31 filings) FY2023: median $63,000 (104 filings) FY2024: median $67,200 (51 filings) FY2025: median $68,500 (27 filings) FY2026: median $61,800 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 33 filings FY21 FY2022: 31 filings FY22 FY2023: 104 filings FY23 FY2024: 51 filings FY24 FY2025: 27 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 104
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$58,900$51,825$70,00010
FY2021$75,000$70,000$80,00033
FY2022$80,000$60,000$90,00031
FY2023$63,000$60,000$67,000104
FY2024$67,200$63,000$69,10051
FY2025$68,500$65,000$71,40027
FY2026$61,800$60,000$72,00013

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median entry-level Risk Analyst salary of $65,900 is worth about $65,300 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Risk Specialists in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $81,240 in May 2025 (520 employed). The H-1B median here is $65,900, 19% 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$66,80039

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $65,900 40
Mid-level · Level II $83,900 71
Senior · Level III $103,709 23
Expert · Level IV $138,266 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$63,918$65,90040
Mid-level · Level II$77,834$83,90071
Senior · Level III$95,826$103,70923
Expert · Level IV$113,818$138,26614

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.