Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,248
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$10,542
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,470
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
$52,790
Kept after tax
$42,248
Worth in national money
$44,470
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 24 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $52,790. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 279 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $52,790 you keep $42,248, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,470 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 24 of 50 for eligibility interviewers, government programs at $52,790. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 279 of 487 in Utah places eligibility interviewers, government programs in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for eligibility interviewers, government programs on $52,790 is $42,248. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,470 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 $53,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,200 |
| This salary | $52,790 |
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 | $42,248 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,597 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,423 |
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 | $49,866 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,721 |
| 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 $52,790. The published range is $40,330 up to $67,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,248 take-home in Utah comes from $52,790. 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 279 of 487.
- Two cautions on $44,470, the adjusted value of that $52,790 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 279 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,330 to $67,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,248, from $52,790, 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 279 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- This $44,470 adjusted figure, worked from $52,790, 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 279 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 279 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,330 at the tenth percentile, $67,200 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,470 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $42,248 remains.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,330 to $67,200) 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 $44,470 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 $42,248 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.