Utah / Department of Natural Resources / Wildlife Biologist I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
34 employees hold this title in Department of Natural Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $54,489, above the department median of $12,045.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 34 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 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists — about 370 people — is $73,920. Department of Natural Resources pays a median base salary of $43,848 for this role, 41% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 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 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists — about 18,120 people — is $76,780. Department of Natural Resources’s median base salary is 43% 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 154 of 209 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 $70,937, 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
Wildlife Biologist I is held in 2 Utah departments. In Department of Natural Resources, the median of $54,489 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Wildlife Biologist 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 4 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $66,725 ranks #1 of 4. See Wildlife Biologist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Wildlife Biologist 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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Wildlife Biologist I/Department of Natural Resources
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Arlo Wing works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Arlo earned $85,004 in 2019.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Casey Olsen serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $77,194.
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Richard Gibbs holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $76,383.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Brent Alexander serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $73,277.
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Tana Newton holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $73,186.
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Jordon Detlor is a Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. 2019 total compensation came to $71,297.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Kody Callister serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Their 2019 pay totaled $70,937.
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Joshua Wright holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $69,625.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Christopher Michaud serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Their 2019 pay totaled $69,339.
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Jonathan Hudson works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. Jonathan earned $67,975 in 2019.
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Daniel Oler works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. Daniel earned $65,607 in 2019.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Erik Woodhouse serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Their 2019 pay totaled $65,222.
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Julie Sabattis is a Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $63,692.
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Jessica Wootton is a Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $61,422.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Channing Howard serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Their 2019 pay totaled $59,066.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Zachary Ahrens serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $58,778.
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Cody Edwards holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. In 2018, their total compensation was $54,649.
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Evan Bulla holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. In 2019, their total compensation was $54,330.
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David England works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. David earned $54,173 in 2019.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Colton Anderson serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2019 pay totaled $53,974.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Matthew Bartley serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2017 pay totaled $53,885.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Todd Volkening serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Their 2019 pay totaled $50,885.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Nicolas Fava serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Their 2019 pay totaled $40,199.
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At Department of Natural Resources, Jolene Rose serves as a Wildlife Biologist I within Dnr Parks & Recreation. Their 2019 pay totaled $35,978.
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Richard Staffeldt works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. Richard earned $29,269 in 2017.
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Michael Partlow is a Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. 2019 total compensation came to $21,503.
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Sean Cooley works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Sean earned $16,850 in 2019.
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Jordan Dimick holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. In 2019, their total compensation was $12,387.
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Thomas Six holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2018, their total compensation was $12,371.
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Chad Cranney holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2017, their total compensation was $9,951.
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Colton Finan works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Colton earned $8,196 in 2017.
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Joseph Christensen holds the role of Wildlife Biologist I at Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. In 2019, their total compensation was $5,679.
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Steve Gray works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Comp & Excess Pool. Steve earned $2,976 in 2018.
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Winston Hart works as a Wildlife Biologist I for Department of Natural Resources within Dnr Wildlife Resources. Winston earned $2,087 in 2017.