Budget Analysts in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,224
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$21,386
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,761
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
$88,610
Kept after tax
$67,224
Worth in national money
$70,761
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays budget analysts around $88,610 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, budget analysts comes in at 93 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $88,610 the take-home is $67,224; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $70,761 would nationally. The average comes to $93,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For budget analysts the Utah median is $88,610, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Budget analysts ranks 93 of 487 occupations by median in Utah, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for budget analysts in Utah, on $88,610, is $67,224 — equivalent to $70,761 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 $93,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,630 |
| This salary | $88,610 |
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 | $67,224 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,167 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,475 |
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 | $83,005 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,419 |
| 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 budget analysts in Utah earn under $88,610 and half over. The published range runs $63,570 at the tenth percentile to $133,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $67,224, worked from $88,610. 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 93 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,761 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 93.
- Figures are distribution medians for budget analysts in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,570 to $133,630; 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.
- The Utah take-home of $67,224, on $88,610 for work ranking 93 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 93 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,761, worked from $88,610, 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 93 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 $93,760, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,570 at the bottom tenth to $133,630 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 $70,761 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 $67,224 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $93,760. 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 ($63,570) and the ninetieth ($133,630) 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 $70,761 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 $67,224 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.