Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,130
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$16,680
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,188
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
$74,810
Kept after tax
$58,130
Worth in national money
$61,188
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Utah's middle earner gets $74,810, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 16.95% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 141.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $74,810 the take-home is $58,130; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $61,188 would nationally. The average lands at $73,630, below the middle of the range.
- For elementary school teachers, except special education, Utah sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $74,810, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 16.95% 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.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, elementary school teachers, except special education sits at 141 of 487 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for elementary school teachers, except special education in Utah, on $74,810, is $58,130 — equivalent to $61,188 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 $73,630 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,340 |
| This salary | $74,810 |
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 | $58,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,058 |
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 | $70,078 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,842 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,810 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,610 and the ninetieth is $100,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $58,130 take-home in Utah comes from $74,810. 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 141 of 487.
- Two cautions on $61,188, the adjusted value of that $74,810 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 141 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $74,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,610 to $100,340. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $58,130, from $74,810, 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 141 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- This $61,188 adjusted figure, worked from $74,810, 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 141 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 141 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,610 and the top tenth $100,340, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $61,188 in national terms.
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 $58,130 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,610 to $100,340) 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 $61,188 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 $58,130 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.