Utah / Senior Forensic Scientist
Role across Utah
Senior Forensic Scientist
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
19 people hold the Senior Forensic Scientist role across 3 departments in Utah, with a median total compensation of $102,932. Among 4 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Utah ranks #1 by median pay.
- Employees
- 19
- Median pay
- $102,932
- Departments
- 3
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 4
Compared with the local labor market
Senior Forensic Scientist pay vs. Utah
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Forensic Science Technicians — about 220 people — is $66,780. Utah pays a median base salary of $62,928 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 41st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Utah sits in the local pay range
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 Utah’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. Utah’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 34th 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 17 of 19 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 Utah is $102,932, 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 jurisdictions
Senior Forensic Scientist pay in other jurisdictions
Where Senior Forensic Scientists are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Forensic Scientist roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Utah
Departments with this role
Largest Utah departments for this role
Departments in Utahemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.