Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,447
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,653
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,522
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
$49,100
Kept after tax
$39,447
Worth in national money
$41,522
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Utah pays this job a middle wage of $49,100, ranking 11 of 45 states and sitting about 7.3% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 312 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,100 the take-home is $39,447; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,522 would nationally. The average lands at $48,620, below the middle of the range.
- Utah's median for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders is $49,100, about 7.3% above the national figure and 11 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 312 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Utah, on $49,100, is $39,447 — equivalent to $41,522 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 $48,620 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,670 |
| This salary | $49,100 |
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 | $39,447 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,320 |
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 | $46,381 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,596 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,100 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,280 and the ninetieth is $61,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $39,447, from $49,100, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 312 of 487 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,522, the adjusted value of that $49,100 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 312 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $49,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,280 to $61,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,447 from $49,100. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 312 of 487 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $41,522 — the adjusted value of that $49,100 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 312 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,280 at the tenth percentile, $61,670 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,522.
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 $39,447 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,280 to $61,670) 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 $41,522 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 $39,447 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.