Utah / Department of Natural Resources / Research Consultant I
Job-title file
Collect and analyze data to inform decisions, produce reports, and identify trends.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Natural Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $25,239, above the department median of $12,045.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Physicists — about 30 people — is $156,760. Department of Natural Resources pays a median base salary of $73,036 for this role, 53% below that figure — about the 12th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Physicists 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 Physicists — about 20,430 people — is $172,250. Department of Natural Resources’s median base salary is 58% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 4 of 6 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 Natural Resources is $105,796, 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
Research Consultant I is held in 9 Utah departments. In Department of Natural Resources, the median of $25,239 ranks #6 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Research Consultant I role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Research Consultant I/Department of Natural Resources
Source-specific fields
James Owen is a Research Consultant I at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Oil, Gas & Mining. 2018 total compensation came to $31,313.
Research Consultant I/Department of Natural Resources
Source-specific fields
Natasha Turner works as a Research Consultant I for Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Oil, Gas & Mining. Natasha earned $19,165 in 2019.