Chief Executives in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$121,097
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$50,783
29.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$127,468
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
$171,880
Kept after tax
$121,097
Worth in national money
$127,468
State rank
32
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is among the lower-paying states for chief executives. The middle earner takes $171,880, ranking 32 of 46 states — about 19.68% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Utah. It ranks 5 out of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $171,880 the take-home is $121,097; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $127,468 would nationally. The average comes to $225,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 32 of 46 for chief executives, with a median of $171,880 — about 19.68% 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.
- Within Utah, chief executives ranks 5 of 487 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for chief executives in Utah, on $171,880, is $121,097 — equivalent to $127,468 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 $225,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chief Executives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $171,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $424,690 |
| This salary | $171,880 |
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 | $121,097 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $128,746 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,021 |
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 | $160,690 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,138 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Utah earn less than $171,880. The published range is $72,480 up to $424,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $121,097, worked from $171,880. 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 5 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $127,468 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 5.
- Reported values are medians; for chief executives in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $72,480 to $424,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Utah take-home of $121,097, on $171,880 for work ranking 5 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 5 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $127,468, worked from $171,880, 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 5 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 $225,320, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $72,480, the highest tenth $424,690, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $127,468.
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 $121,097 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $225,320. 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 ($72,480) and the ninetieth ($424,690) 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 $127,468 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 $121,097 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.