Statistician salary in Salt Lake, UT

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Salt Lake City, Millcreek, South Jordan, Draper, Herriman.

Also listed as: Biostatistician, Research Statistician Developer

Median salary$100,300
Middle 50%$78k–$110.5k
vs. national median−22%comparison median $128,627
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $63,720 and $207,560.
PercentileSalary
10th$72,692
25th$77,986
50th (median)$100,300
75th$110,500
90th$125,466

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $90k $120k FY2020: median $75,000 (27 filings) FY2021: median $89,000 (35 filings) FY2022: median $96,500 (29 filings) FY2023: median $88,801 (18 filings) FY2025: median $106,960 (11 filings) FY2026: median $99,061 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 27 filings FY20 FY2021: 35 filings FY21 FY2022: 29 filings FY22 FY2023: 18 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 35
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$75,000$59,841$83,56427
FY2021$89,000$77,050$117,50035
FY2022$96,500$82,000$114,00029
FY2023$88,801$70,752$127,49518
FY2024–––6
FY2025$106,960$76,994$123,95711
FY2026$99,061$82,347$107,87514

Cost of living

Salt Lake's median Statistician salary of $100,300 is worth about $99,400 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Statisticians in the Salt Lake, UT area earned a median of $87,930 in May 2025 (270 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,300, 14% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
University of Utah$85,72110
Lucid Softwaretoo few2
Mercer (US)too few2
Pentaratoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II $97,822 11
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$70,699$97,82211

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.