Advertising Sales Agents in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,767
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$16,493
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,806
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
$74,260
Kept after tax
$57,767
Worth in national money
$60,806
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for advertising sales agents. The middle earner takes $74,260, which ranks 6 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 14.56% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Advertising sales agents ranks 144 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $74,260 you keep $57,767, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $60,806 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $87,110, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 6 of 48 states publishing a median for advertising sales agents, at $74,260 — about 14.56% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 144 of 487 in Utah places advertising sales agents in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for advertising sales agents on $74,260 is $57,767. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $60,806 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $87,110 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Advertising Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,120 |
| This salary | $74,260 |
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 | $57,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,072 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,041 |
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 | $69,563 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,819 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,260 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,470 and the ninetieth is $155,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $57,767, from $74,260, 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 144 of 487 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $60,806 uses one figure for the whole of Utah. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 487 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 144.
- The Utah median of $74,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,470 to $155,120. 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 $57,767 from $74,260. 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 144 of 487 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,806, worked from $74,260, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Utah address, on work sitting at 144 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $87,110 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,470 and the top tenth $155,120 — 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 $60,806 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 $57,767 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 48 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 $87,110. 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 ($38,470) and the ninetieth ($155,120) 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 $60,806 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 $57,767 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.