Education Administrators, All Other in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,786
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$18,054
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,983
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
$78,840
Kept after tax
$60,786
Worth in national money
$63,983
State rank
40
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $78,840, ranking 40 of 49 states — about 17.18% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 125 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $78,840 the take-home is $60,786; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,983 would nationally. The average comes to $96,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 40 of 49 for education administrators, all other, with a median of $78,840 — about 17.18% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Education administrators, all other ranks 125 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, all other in Utah, on $78,840, is $60,786 — equivalent to $63,983 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $96,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,120 |
| This salary | $78,840 |
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 | $60,786 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,294 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,180 |
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 | $73,853 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,011 |
| 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 $78,840. The published range is $49,330 up to $163,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $60,786, from $78,840, 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 125 of 487 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,983 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 125.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, all other in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,330 to $163,120. 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 $60,786 from $78,840. 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 125 of 487 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,983, worked from $78,840, 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 125 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 $96,130, 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 $49,330 and the top tenth $163,120 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $63,983 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Utah adds its own income tax on top — which is why $60,786 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $96,130. 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 ($49,330) and the ninetieth ($163,120) 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 $63,983 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 $60,786 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.