Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,633
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$29,877
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,033
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
$113,510
Kept after tax
$83,633
Worth in national money
$88,033
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $113,510, which ranks 1 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 52.75% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, this job comes in at 38 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $113,510 you keep $83,633 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $88,033 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $140,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 1 of 51 states publishing a median for cardiovascular technologists and technicians, at $113,510 — about 52.75% 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.
- Cardiovascular technologists and technicians ranks 38 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $83,633 after the full tax stack, from $113,510. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $88,033 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $140,290 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $224,280 |
| This salary | $113,510 |
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 | $83,633 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,229 |
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 | $106,330 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,461 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $113,510 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,780 and the ninetieth is $224,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $83,633, from $113,510, 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 38 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $88,033, the adjusted value of that $113,510 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 38 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $113,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,780 to $224,280. 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 $83,633 from $113,510. 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 38 of 487 locally.
- This $88,033 adjusted figure, worked from $113,510, 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 38 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 38 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 $140,290, 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 $47,780 at the bottom tenth to $224,280 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 $88,033 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 $83,633 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $140,290. 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 ($47,780) and the ninetieth ($224,280) 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 $88,033 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 $83,633 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.