Utah / Department of Heritage & Arts / Forensic Scientist II
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Heritage & Arts. Median total compensation for the role is $130,989, above the department median of $47,636.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Forensic Science Technicians — about 220 people — is $66,780. Department of Heritage & Arts pays a median base salary of $81,016 for this role, 21% above that figure — about the 74th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Forensic Science Technicians across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Heritage & Arts’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Forensic Science Technicians — about 19,120 people — is $72,060. Department of Heritage & Arts’s median base salary is 12% above that national figure, about the 60th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Heritage & Arts is $130,989, 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
Forensic Scientist II is held in 4 Utah departments. In Department of Heritage & Arts, the median of $130,989 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Forensic Scientist II role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 13 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $54,288 ranks #11 of 13. See Forensic Scientist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Forensic 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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Forensic Scientist II/Department of Heritage & Arts
Source-specific fields
Derinna Kopp holds the role of Forensic Scientist II at Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha State History. In 2019, their total compensation was $130,989.