State comparison · 2025
Mining and Geological Engineers salary: Idaho vs Utah
Mining and Geological Engineers in Utah earn a median of $125,520. In Idaho, $123,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.5%
Idaho vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $123,680
- p25
- $100,520
- p75
- $124,540
- p10
- $66,600
- p90
- $134,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.