Senior Risk Analyst salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III 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$103,709
Middle 50%$98.8k–$123.2k
vs. all levels here+26%comparison median $82,500
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $96,000 and $148,780.
PercentileSalary
10th$96,000
25th$98,750
50th (median)$103,709
75th$123,150
90th$148,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $110k $130k FY2023: median $102,950 (12 filings) FY2024: median $117,300 (15 filings) FY2025: median $114,000 (11 filings) FY2026: median $101,105 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 0 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 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–––0
FY2021–––1
FY2022–––0
FY2023$102,950$96,132$126,50012
FY2024$117,300$108,450$129,60015
FY2025$114,000$100,700$134,50011
FY2026$101,105$96,000$115,12512

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median senior Risk Analyst salary of $103,709 is worth about $102,800 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 $103,709, 28% higher.

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$102,40018
Morgan Stanleytoo few2

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.