Curators in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,652
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$12,258
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,159
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
$59,910
Kept after tax
$47,652
Worth in national money
$50,159
State rank
30
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays curators around $59,910 at the midpoint, 30 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Curators ranks 232 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,910 you keep $47,652 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,159 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $62,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For curators the Utah median is $59,910, ranking 30 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 232 of 487 in Utah places curators 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $47,652 after the full tax stack, from $59,910. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,159 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $62,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Curators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,790 |
| This salary | $59,910 |
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 | $47,652 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,318 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,622 |
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 | $56,592 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,961 |
| 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 curators in Utah earn under $59,910 and half over. The published range runs $39,870 at the tenth percentile to $80,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $47,652, from $59,910, 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 232 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $50,159, the adjusted value of that $59,910 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 232 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for curators in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,870 to $80,790; 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.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,652 from $59,910. 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 232 of 487 locally.
- This $50,159 adjusted figure, worked from $59,910, 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 232 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 232 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 $62,460, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,870 at the tenth percentile, $80,790 at the ninetieth.
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 $50,159 in national terms.
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 $47,652 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $62,460. 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 ($39,870 to $80,790) 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 $50,159 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 $47,652 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.