Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,716
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$10,374
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,911
Utah costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the bottom tenth 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
$52,090
Kept after tax
$41,716
Worth in national money
$43,911
State rank
48
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $52,090. That is 48 of 50 states, and about 33.4% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 286 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $52,090 the take-home is $41,716; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,911 would nationally. The average comes to $71,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists, Utah sits in the lower band at $52,090, ranking 48 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 33.4%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 286 of 487 in Utah places compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 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 compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in Utah, on $52,090, is $41,716 — equivalent to $43,911 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 $71,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,800 |
| This salary | $52,090 |
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 | $41,716 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,034 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,403 |
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 | $49,205 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,697 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in Utah earn under $52,090 and half over. The published range runs $52,090 at the tenth percentile to $132,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,716 take-home in Utah comes from $52,090. 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 286 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,911 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 286.
- Figures are distribution medians for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,090 to $132,800; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $41,716, from $52,090, 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 286 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,911, worked from $52,090, 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 286 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 $71,690, 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 $52,090 and the top tenth $132,800 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $43,911 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 $41,716 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $71,690. 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 ($52,090) and the ninetieth ($132,800) 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 $43,911 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 $41,716 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.