Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,796
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$7,224
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,469
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
$39,020
Kept after tax
$31,796
Worth in national money
$33,469
State rank
47
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $39,020. That is 47 of 47 states, and about 32.77% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, this job lands at 418. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $39,020 the take-home is $31,796; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,469 would nationally. The average comes to $45,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For chemical equipment operators and tenders, Utah sits in the lower band at $39,020, ranking 47 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 32.77%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 418 of 487 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for chemical equipment operators and tenders in Utah, on $39,020, is $31,796 — equivalent to $33,469 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 $45,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,300 |
| This salary | $39,020 |
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 | $31,796 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,533 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,038 |
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 | $36,859 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,256 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,020 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,770 and the ninetieth is $62,300 — 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 $31,796, worked from $39,020. 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 418 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,469 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 418.
- The Utah median of $39,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,770 to $62,300. 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 $31,796, on $39,020 for work ranking 418 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 418 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,469, worked from $39,020, 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 418 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 $45,400, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,770 and the top tenth $62,300, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $33,469.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Utah's own levy, $31,796 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $45,400. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,770 to $62,300) 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 $33,469 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 $31,796 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.