Audio and Video Technicians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,166
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,564
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,227
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
$48,730
Kept after tax
$39,166
Worth in national money
$41,227
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is among the lower-paying states for audio and video technicians. The middle earner takes $48,730, ranking 39 of 49 states — about 16.13% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 320.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,730 the take-home is $39,166; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,227 would nationally. The average comes to $62,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 39 of 49 for audio and video technicians, with a median of $48,730 — about 16.13% 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.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, audio and video technicians sits at 320 of 487 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for audio and video technicians in Utah, on $48,730, is $39,166 — equivalent to $41,227 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 $62,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audio and Video Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,970 |
| This salary | $48,730 |
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 | $39,166 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,335 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,310 |
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 | $46,031 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,584 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,730 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,440 and the ninetieth is $126,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,166 take-home in Utah comes from $48,730. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 320 of 487.
- Two cautions on $41,227, the adjusted value of that $48,730 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 320 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $48,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,440 to $126,970. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,166, from $48,730, assumes a single Utah filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 320 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 49 for it.
- This $41,227 adjusted figure, worked from $48,730, 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 320 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 320 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 $62,030, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,440 at the bottom tenth to $126,970 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $41,227 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 $39,166 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 49 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 $62,030. 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 ($30,440) and the ninetieth ($126,970) 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 $41,227 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 $39,166 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.