Buyers and Purchasing Agents in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,952
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$16,588
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,001
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
$74,540
Kept after tax
$57,952
Worth in national money
$61,001
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 30 of 51 states for buyers and purchasing agents, with a middle wage of $74,540. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 142.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $74,540 you keep $57,952, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,001 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 30 of 51 for buyers and purchasing agents at $74,540. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, buyers and purchasing agents sits at 142 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for buyers and purchasing agents on $74,540 is $57,952. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,001 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 $78,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Buyers and Purchasing Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,120 |
| This salary | $74,540 |
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 | $57,952 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,269 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,049 |
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 | $69,825 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,831 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,540 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,850 and the ninetieth is $121,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $57,952, worked from $74,540. 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 142 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,001, the adjusted value of that $74,540 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 142 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $74,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,850 to $121,120. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $57,952, on $74,540 for work ranking 142 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 142 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $61,001 — the adjusted value of that $74,540 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 142 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 $78,730, 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 $46,850 at the bottom tenth to $121,120 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $61,001 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $57,952 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 $78,730. 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 ($46,850) and the ninetieth ($121,120) 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 $61,001 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 $57,952 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.