Construction Managers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,157
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$27,043
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,269
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
$105,200
Kept after tax
$78,157
Worth in national money
$82,269
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for construction managers. The median is $105,200, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, construction managers comes in at 49 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $105,200 you keep $78,157 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,269 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $111,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah occupies the middle band for construction managers: a median of $105,200, ranking 33 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Construction managers ranks 49 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 $78,157 after the full tax stack, from $105,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,269 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $111,080 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,220 |
| This salary | $105,200 |
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 | $78,157 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,838 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,978 |
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 | $98,546 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,113 |
| 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 $105,200. The published range is $64,200 up to $159,220, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $78,157, from $105,200, 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 49 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $82,269, the adjusted value of that $105,200 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 49 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for construction managers in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,200 to $159,220. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,157 from $105,200. 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 49 of 487 locally.
- This $82,269 adjusted figure, worked from $105,200, 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 49 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 49 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 $111,080, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,200 at the bottom tenth to $159,220 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $82,269.
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, $78,157 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $111,080. 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 ($64,200) and the ninetieth ($159,220) 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 $82,269 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 $78,157 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.