Utah / Department of Environmental Quality / Environmental Scientist I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
14 employees hold this title in Department of Environmental Quality. Median total compensation for the role is $15,893, below the department median of $95,806.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 14 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 1,020 people — is $90,710. Department of Environmental Quality pays a median base salary of $68,653 for this role, 24% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Environmental Quality’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 89,250 people — is $82,220. Department of Environmental Quality’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 31st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 186 of 231 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Environmental Quality is $103,847, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Environmental Scientist I is held in 3 Utah departments. In Department of Environmental Quality, the median of $15,893 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Environmental Scientist I role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $94,585 ranks #2 of 5. See Environmental Scientist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Environmental Scientist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Jennifer Yee is a Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $75,232.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Brent Shaw works as a Environmental Scientist I for Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. Brent earned $50,095 in 2019.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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John Coombs holds the role of Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2017, their total compensation was $48,170.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Melissa Noble is a Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Deq Drinking Water. 2018 total compensation came to $38,571.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Shauna Ward is a Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Deq Air Quality. 2017 total compensation came to $20,120.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Caroline Brocious is a Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Deq Air Quality. 2017 total compensation came to $19,562.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Mark Squire holds the role of Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2017, their total compensation was $18,750.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Alexis Wilson is a Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $13,036.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Melissa Ottley holds the role of Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Deq Environmental Response & Remediation. In 2017, their total compensation was $10,276.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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At Department of Environmental Quality, Kristy Weber serves as a Environmental Scientist I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2018 pay totaled $7,935.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Luke Leclair-Marzolf is a Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $2,963.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Melissa Copfer holds the role of Environmental Scientist I at Department of Environmental Quality within Deq Drinking Water. In 2017, their total compensation was $2,890.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Catherine Chachere works as a Environmental Scientist I for Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. Catherine earned $2,800 in 2019.
Environmental Scientist I/Department of Environmental Quality
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Lucy Parham works as a Environmental Scientist I for Department of Environmental Quality within Comp & Excess Pool. Lucy earned $136 in 2019.