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Health Inspector / Environmental Health Specialist in Utah

Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM) lists 5 job classes for this work in the Utah state pay plan: Environmental Health Scientist I–IV, Environmental Health Scientist, DHHS.

$44,990 – $91,832
state pay plan range, a year
5
classes in the state plan
$90,710
median pay in UT, all employers
1,020
workers in UT (SOC 19-2041)

Sources: Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Utah DHRM Public Job Descriptions: job salary ranges; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Utah state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective June 21, 2025. These are the ranges Utah sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Environmental Health Scientist I
Class 37298 · class description
Grade Job 37298
$21.63 – $33.61 a hour
$44,990 – $69,909 a year
Environmental Health Scientist II
Class 37300 · class description
Grade Job 37300
$22.51 – $35.68 a hour
$46,821 – $74,214 a year
Environmental Health Scientist III
Class 37302 · class description
Grade Job 37302
$25.06 – $39.76 a hour
$52,125 – $82,701 a year
Environmental Health Scientist, DHHS
Class 37009 · class description
Grade Job 37009
$25.27 – $40.09 a hour
$52,562 – $83,387 a year
Environmental Health Scientist IV
Class 37305 · class description
Grade Job 37305
$27.83 – $44.15 a hour
$57,886 – $91,832 a year

Schedule: DHRM job description salary range (hourly). Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Utah DHRM Public Job Descriptions: job salary ranges. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Utah, all employers Sourced

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (SOC 19-2041) in Utah, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureUT
Workers1,020
10th percentile$55,410
Median$90,710
90th percentile$149,990
National median, government employers$82,730

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Free practice tests for Utah

Source: Open Exam Prep, Open Exam Prep free practice tests. Data captured October 1, 2026. Each link was opened and its exam title checked on the date shown.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Health Inspector / Environmental Health Specialist page.

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