Administrative Services Managers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,310
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$33,390
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,061
Utah costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Utah — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$123,700
Kept after tax
$90,310
Worth in national money
$95,061
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Utah's middle earner gets $123,700, putting the state 14 of 50 — about 8.39% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 29 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $123,700 you keep $90,310 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $95,061 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $133,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- For administrative services managers, Utah sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $123,700, ranking 14 of 50 and running about 8.39% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, administrative services managers sits 29 of 487 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Utah is $90,310 after the full tax stack, from $123,700. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $95,061 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $133,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $123,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $199,990 |
| This salary | $123,700 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Utah | $90,310 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,815 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,539 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $115,821 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,942 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $123,700 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,350 and the ninetieth is $199,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $90,310, worked from $123,700. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 29 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $95,061, the adjusted value of that $123,700 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 29 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $123,700 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,350 to $199,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $90,310, on $123,700 for work ranking 29 of 487 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 29 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $95,061 — the adjusted value of that $123,700 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 29 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $133,120, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $66,350 and the top tenth $199,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Utah is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $95,061 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Utah adds its own income tax on top — which is why $90,310 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Utah is $133,120. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,350) and the ninetieth ($199,990) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Utah's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $95,061 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $90,310 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Utah income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.