Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,887
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,793
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,986
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
$49,680
Kept after tax
$39,887
Worth in national money
$41,986
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,680, ranking 38 of 50 states — about 19.27% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 305 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,680 the take-home is $39,887; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,986 would nationally. The average comes to $52,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 38 of 50 for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, with a median of $49,680 — about 19.27% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors ranks 305 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Utah, on $49,680, is $39,887 — equivalent to $41,986 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $52,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,690 |
| This salary | $49,680 |
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 | $39,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,098 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,336 |
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 | $46,929 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,616 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,680 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,140 and the ninetieth is $60,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $39,887, from $49,680, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 305 of 487 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,986, the adjusted value of that $49,680 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 305 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $49,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,140 to $60,690. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,887 from $49,680. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 305 of 487 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $41,986 — the adjusted value of that $49,680 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 305 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $52,160, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,140 at the bottom tenth to $60,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,986 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Utah's own levy, $39,887 remains.
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 $52,160. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,140 to $60,690) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Utah rather than a national figure.
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 $41,986 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 $39,887 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.