Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,439
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,651
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,514
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
$49,090
Kept after tax
$39,439
Worth in national money
$41,514
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Utah pays this job a middle wage of $49,090, 49 of 51 states and about 21.99% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 313 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,090 the take-home is $39,439; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,514 would nationally. The average comes to $56,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah's $49,090 median for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians places it 49 of 51 states, about 21.99% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 313 of 487 in Utah places clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in Utah, on $49,090, is $39,439 — equivalent to $41,514 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 $56,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,080 |
| This salary | $49,090 |
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 | $39,439 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,624 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,320 |
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 | $46,371 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,596 |
| 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 $49,090. The published range is $38,220 up to $86,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,439 take-home in Utah comes from $49,090. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 313 of 487.
- Two cautions on $41,514, the adjusted value of that $49,090 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 313 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,220 to $86,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,439, from $49,090, assumes a single Utah filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 313 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 51 for it.
- This $41,514 adjusted figure, worked from $49,090, 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 313 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 313 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 $56,980, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,220 and the top tenth $86,080 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $41,514 in national terms.
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, $39,439 remains.
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 $56,980. 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 ($38,220) and the ninetieth ($86,080) 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 $41,514 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 $39,439 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.