Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,333
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$35,097
27.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,243
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
$128,430
Kept after tax
$93,333
Worth in national money
$98,243
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Utah's middle earner gets $128,430, putting the state 11 of 50 — about 1.37% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, this job comes in at 25 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $128,430 you keep $93,333, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $98,243 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $130,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For electronics engineers, except computer, Utah sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $128,430, ranking 11 of 50 and running about 1.37% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 25 of 487 occupations by median in Utah, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for electronics engineers, except computer on $128,430 is $93,333. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $98,243 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 $130,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $128,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $196,860 |
| This salary | $128,430 |
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 | $93,333 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,048 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,684 |
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 | $120,118 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,238 |
| 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 electronics engineers, except computer in Utah earn under $128,430 and half over. The published range runs $80,140 at the tenth percentile to $196,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $93,333 take-home in Utah comes from $128,430. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 25 of 487.
- Two cautions on $98,243, the adjusted value of that $128,430 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 25 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $80,140 to $196,860; 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.
- Retained pay of $93,333, from $128,430, assumes a single Utah filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 25 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 50 for it.
- This $98,243 adjusted figure, worked from $128,430, 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 25 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 25 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $80,140 at the bottom tenth to $196,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $98,243.
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 $93,333.
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 ($80,140) and the ninetieth ($196,860) 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 $98,243 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 $93,333 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.