Data Entry Keyers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,990
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,190
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,988
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
$47,180
Kept after tax
$37,990
Worth in national money
$39,988
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for data entry keyers. The middle earner takes $47,180, which ranks 8 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 14.13% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Data entry keyers ranks 333 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $47,180 you keep $37,990, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,988 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $48,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 8 of 49 states publishing a median for data entry keyers, at $47,180 — about 14.13% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 333 of 487 in Utah places data entry keyers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for data entry keyers on $47,180 is $37,990. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,988 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $48,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,430 |
| This salary | $47,180 |
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 | $37,990 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,089 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,266 |
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 | $44,567 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,532 |
| 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 data entry keyers in Utah earn under $47,180 and half over. The published range runs $31,220 at the tenth percentile to $69,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,990 take-home in Utah comes from $47,180. 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 333 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,988, the adjusted value of that $47,180 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 333 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for data entry keyers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,220 to $69,430; 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 $37,990, from $47,180, 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 333 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $39,988 — the adjusted value of that $47,180 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 333 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,220 and the top tenth $69,430 — 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 $39,988 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $37,990.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,220) and the ninetieth ($69,430) 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 $39,988 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 $37,990 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.