Database Architects in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,448
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$36,292
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,469
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
$131,740
Kept after tax
$95,448
Worth in national money
$100,469
State rank
28
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 28 of 46 states for database architects, with a middle wage of $131,740. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, database architects ranks 20 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $131,740 you keep $95,448, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $100,469 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $140,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 28 of 46 for database architects at $131,740. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, database architects sits 20 of 487 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for database architects on $131,740 is $95,448. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $100,469 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 $140,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $97,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $198,920 |
| This salary | $131,740 |
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 | $95,448 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,310 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,786 |
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 | $123,163 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,383 |
| 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 $131,740. The published range is $97,990 up to $198,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $95,448, from $131,740, 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 20 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $100,469, the adjusted value of that $131,740 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 20 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for database architects in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $97,990 to $198,920. 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 $95,448 from $131,740. 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 20 of 487 locally.
- This $100,469 adjusted figure, worked from $131,740, 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 20 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 20 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 $140,270, 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 $97,990 and the top tenth $198,920 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $100,469.
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, $95,448 remains.
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 46 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 $140,270. 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 ($97,990) and the ninetieth ($198,920) 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 $100,469 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 $95,448 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.