Utah / Wildlife Biologist
Role across Utah
Wildlife Biologist
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
247 people hold the Wildlife Biologist role across 2 departments in Utah, with a median total compensation of $66,725. Among 4 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Utah ranks #1 by median pay.
- Employees
- 247
- Median pay
- $66,725
- Departments
- 2
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 4
Compared with the local labor market
Wildlife Biologist pay vs. Utah
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists — about 370 people — is $73,920. Utah pays a median base salary of $43,688 for this role, 41% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Utah sits in the local pay range
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 Utah’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. Utah’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 159 of 247 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 Utah is $66,725, 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
Wildlife Biologist pay in other jurisdictions
Where Wildlife Biologists are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Wildlife Biologistroles 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.