Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,796
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$25,304
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,731
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
$100,100
Kept after tax
$74,796
Worth in national money
$78,731
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $100,100, ranking 20 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 61 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $100,100 you keep $74,796, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,731 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,590, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Utah occupies the middle band for diagnostic medical sonographers: a median of $100,100, ranking 20 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, diagnostic medical sonographers sits 61 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 diagnostic medical sonographers on $100,100 is $74,796. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,731 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 $96,590 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,760 |
| This salary | $100,100 |
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 | $74,796 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,250 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,823 |
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 | $93,768 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,900 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,100 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $70,030 and the ninetieth is $124,760 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $74,796, worked from $100,100. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 61 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $78,731 uses one figure for the whole of Utah. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 487 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 61.
- The Utah median of $100,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $70,030 to $124,760. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $74,796, on $100,100 for work ranking 61 of 487 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 61 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $78,731, worked from $100,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Utah address, on work sitting at 61 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,590 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $70,030 at the tenth percentile, $124,760 at the ninetieth.
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 $78,731.
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, $74,796 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $96,590. 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 ($70,030 to $124,760) 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 $78,731 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 $74,796 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.