State comparison · 2025
Mining and Geological Engineers salary: Colorado vs Utah
Mining and Geological Engineers in Utah earn a median of $125,520. In Colorado, $96,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-26%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $96,820
- p25
- $78,180
- p75
- $123,650
- p10
- $66,870
- p90
- $164,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Utah
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $125,520
- p25
- $108,170
- p75
- $142,160
- p10
- $83,340
- p90
- $178,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.