Utah / Tax Commission / Research Consultant I
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Collect and analyze data to inform decisions, produce reports, and identify trends.
13 employees hold this title in Tax Commission. Median total compensation for the role is $79,885, above the department median of $55,612.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 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 Physicists — about 30 people — is $156,760. Tax Commission pays a median base salary of $52,588 for this role, 66% below that figure — below the 10th 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 Tax Commission’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. Tax Commission’s median base salary is 69% 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 26 of 30 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 Tax Commission is $86,660, 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 Tax Commission, the median of $79,885 ranks #1 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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Record list
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Research Consultant I/Tax Commission
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Kevin Miles is a Research Consultant I at Tax Commission within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $99,178.
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At Tax Commission, Michael Healy serves as a Research Consultant I within Tax Commission Administration. Their 2019 pay totaled $90,785.
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Christopher Jessee is a Research Consultant I at Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $87,079.
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Tyler Mcintosh works as a Research Consultant I for Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. Tyler earned $86,858 in 2019.
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Ryan Grant is a Research Consultant I at Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $82,238.
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Trevor Jones is a Research Consultant I at Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $81,484.
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At Tax Commission, Susan Bowman serves as a Research Consultant I within Comp & Excess Pool. Their 2017 pay totaled $79,885.
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Devin Hales works as a Research Consultant I for Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. Devin earned $77,530 in 2019.
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At Tax Commission, John Alder serves as a Research Consultant I within Tax Commission Administration. Their 2019 pay totaled $75,433.
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Lia Eckhardt works as a Research Consultant I for Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. Lia earned $70,044 in 2019.
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Curtis Williams works as a Research Consultant I for Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. Curtis earned $65,266 in 2018.
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Jason Gardner is a Research Consultant I at Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. 2017 total compensation came to $31,060.
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Russell Cazier works as a Research Consultant I for Tax Commission within Tax Commission Administration. Russell earned $13,298 in 2018.