Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,037
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$6,983
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,670
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
$38,020
Kept after tax
$31,037
Worth in national money
$32,670
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $38,020. That is 46 of 50 states, and about 25.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, this job lands at 428. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,020 you keep $31,037, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,670 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For educational instruction and library workers, all other, Utah sits in the lower band at $38,020, ranking 46 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 25.29%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 428 of 487 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for educational instruction and library workers, all other on $38,020 is $31,037. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,670 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 $39,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $18,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,470 |
| This salary | $38,020 |
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 | $31,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,729 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,011 |
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 | $35,914 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,222 |
| 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 $38,020. The published range is $18,090 up to $61,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $31,037, from $38,020, 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 428 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,670, the adjusted value of that $38,020 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 428 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for educational instruction and library workers, all other in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $18,090 to $61,470. 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 $31,037 from $38,020. 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 428 of 487 locally.
- This $32,670 adjusted figure, worked from $38,020, 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 428 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 428 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $18,090 and the top tenth $61,470 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $32,670 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $31,037.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($18,090) and the ninetieth ($61,470) 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 $32,670 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 $31,037 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.