Emergency Management Directors in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,753
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$20,107
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,159
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
$84,860
Kept after tax
$64,753
Worth in national money
$68,159
State rank
26
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 26 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $84,860. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 97 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,860 the take-home is $64,753; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,159 would nationally. The average comes to $88,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 26 of 47 for emergency management directors at $84,860. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, emergency management directors sits 97 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 emergency management directors in Utah, on $84,860, is $64,753 — equivalent to $68,159 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 $88,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Emergency Management Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,870 |
| This salary | $84,860 |
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 | $64,753 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,529 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,362 |
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 | $79,492 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,263 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,860 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,950 and the ninetieth is $124,870 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,753 take-home in Utah comes from $84,860. 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 97 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,159 uses one figure for the whole of Utah. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 487 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 97.
- The Utah median of $84,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,950 to $124,870. 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 $64,753, from $84,860, 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 97 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,159, worked from $84,860, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Utah address, on work sitting at 97 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $88,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,950 and the top tenth $124,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $68,159.
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, $64,753 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $88,350. 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 ($60,950) and the ninetieth ($124,870) 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 $68,159 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 $64,753 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.