Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,534
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$25,686
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,508
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
$101,220
Kept after tax
$75,534
Worth in national money
$79,508
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays this job around $101,220 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 58 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $101,220 the take-home is $75,534; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $79,508 would nationally. The average lands at $93,200, below the middle of the range.
- For electrical power-line installers and repairers the Utah median is $101,220, ranking 25 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 58 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.
- Post-tax income for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Utah, on $101,220, is $75,534 — equivalent to $79,508 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 $93,200 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,180 |
| This salary | $101,220 |
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 | $75,534 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,038 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,857 |
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 | $94,817 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,947 |
| 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 electrical power-line installers and repairers in Utah earn under $101,220 and half over. The published range runs $49,380 at the tenth percentile to $124,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $75,534, worked from $101,220. 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 58 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,508, the adjusted value of that $101,220 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 58 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,380 to $124,180; 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.
- The Utah take-home of $75,534, on $101,220 for work ranking 58 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 58 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $79,508 — the adjusted value of that $101,220 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 58 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 $93,200, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,380 and the top tenth $124,180 — 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 $79,508 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, $75,534 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 $93,200. 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 ($49,380) and the ninetieth ($124,180) 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 $79,508 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 $75,534 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.