Dentists, General in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,457
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$36,863
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,532
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
$133,320
Kept after tax
$96,457
Worth in national money
$101,532
State rank
45
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dentists, general is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $133,320. That is 45 of 47 states, and about 22.01% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, dentists, general ranks 16 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $133,320 you keep $96,457 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $101,532 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $144,880, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dentists, general, Utah sits in the lower band at $133,320, ranking 45 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 22.01%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, dentists, general sits 16 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $96,457 after the full tax stack, from $133,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $101,532 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $144,880 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $133,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $222,820 |
| This salary | $133,320 |
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 | $96,457 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $102,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,835 |
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 | $124,640 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,452 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $133,320 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,020 and the ninetieth is $222,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $96,457 take-home in Utah comes from $133,320. 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 16 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $101,532, the adjusted value of that $133,320 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 16 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $133,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,020 to $222,820. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $96,457, from $133,320, 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 16 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $101,532 — the adjusted value of that $133,320 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 16 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 $144,880, 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 $84,020 at the bottom tenth to $222,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $101,532 in national terms.
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, $96,457 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 47 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 $144,880. 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 ($84,020) and the ninetieth ($222,820) 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 $101,532 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 $96,457 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.