Dietetic Technicians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,980
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$7,600
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,715
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
$40,580
Kept after tax
$32,980
Worth in national money
$34,715
State rank
16
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for dietetic technicians. The median is $40,580, ranking 16 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Utah, this one sits low: 403 of 487 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,580 you keep $32,980 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,715 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah occupies the middle band for dietetic technicians: a median of $40,580, ranking 16 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Dietetic technicians occupies position 403 of 487 in Utah's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Utah is $32,980 after the full tax stack, from $40,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,715 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,000 |
| This salary | $40,580 |
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 | $32,980 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,786 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,082 |
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 | $38,333 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,309 |
| 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 dietetic technicians in Utah earn under $40,580 and half over. The published range runs $34,340 at the tenth percentile to $50,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $32,980, from $40,580, 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 403 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,715, the adjusted value of that $40,580 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 403 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietetic technicians in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,340 to $50,000; 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 $32,980 from $40,580. 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 403 of 487 locally.
- This $34,715 adjusted figure, worked from $40,580, 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 403 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 403 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 $42,250 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,340 at the bottom tenth to $50,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,715.
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, $32,980 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,250. 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 ($34,340 to $50,000) 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 $34,715 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 $32,980 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.