State comparison · 2025
Mining and Geological Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Utah
Mining and Geological Engineers in Utah earn a median of $125,520. In Kentucky, $103,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.7%
Kentucky vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $103,300
- p25
- $83,380
- p75
- $127,820
- p10
- $76,120
- p90
- $139,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.