Animal Trainers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,462
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$7,118
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,117
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
$38,580
Kept after tax
$31,462
Worth in national money
$33,117
State rank
23
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 23 of 47 states for animal trainers, with a middle wage of $38,580. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Utah this is lower-paid work. Of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, animal trainers ranks 422. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $38,580 the take-home is $31,462; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,117 would nationally. The average comes to $39,140, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 23 of 47 for animal trainers at $38,580. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Utah reports, animal trainers ranks 422 of 487, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for animal trainers in Utah, on $38,580, is $31,462 — equivalent to $33,117 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 $39,140 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Animal Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,870 |
| This salary | $38,580 |
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 | $31,462 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,179 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,026 |
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 | $36,443 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,241 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of animal trainers in Utah earn under $38,580 and half over. The published range runs $24,580 at the tenth percentile to $49,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $31,462, from $38,580, 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 422 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,117, the adjusted value of that $38,580 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Utah. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 422 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for animal trainers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $24,580 to $49,870; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,462 from $38,580. 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 422 of 487 locally.
- This $33,117 adjusted figure, worked from $38,580, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 422 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 422 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $24,580 at the tenth percentile, $49,870 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,117 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $31,462.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($24,580 to $49,870) 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 $33,117 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 $31,462 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.