Utah / Department of Natural Resources / Environmental Scientist II
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Natural Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $34,299, above the department median of $12,045.
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 Natural Resources pays a median base salary of $63,864 for this role, 30% below that figure — about the 18th 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 Natural Resources’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 Natural Resources’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 24th 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 36 of 43 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Natural Resources is $99,693, 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 II is held in 2 Utah departments. In Department of Natural Resources, the median of $34,299 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Environmental 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 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 Scientistroles 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.
Record list
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Environmental Scientist II/Department of Natural Resources
Source-specific fields
Katherine Potter works as a Environmental Scientist II for Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Oil, Gas & Mining. Katherine earned $67,153 in 2019.
Environmental Scientist II/Department of Natural Resources
Source-specific fields
Bethany Freel holds the role of Environmental Scientist II at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Oil, Gas & Mining. In 2019, their total compensation was $1,445.