Financial Examiners in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,458
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$22,542
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,112
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
$92,000
Kept after tax
$69,458
Worth in national money
$73,112
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays financial examiners around $92,000 at the midpoint, 17 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Utah. It ranks 83 out of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $92,000 the take-home is $69,458; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,112 would nationally. The average comes to $102,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial examiners the Utah median is $92,000, ranking 17 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Utah, financial examiners ranks 83 of 487 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for financial examiners in Utah, on $92,000, is $69,458 — equivalent to $73,112 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 $102,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,440 |
| This salary | $92,000 |
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 | $69,458 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,552 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,578 |
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 | $86,181 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,561 |
| 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 financial examiners in Utah earn under $92,000 and half over. The published range runs $55,000 at the tenth percentile to $155,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $69,458 take-home in Utah comes from $92,000. 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 83 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,112, the adjusted value of that $92,000 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 83 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial examiners in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,000 to $155,440; 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 $69,458, from $92,000, 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 83 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $73,112 — the adjusted value of that $92,000 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 83 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $102,640, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $55,000, the highest tenth $155,440, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $73,112 in national terms.
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, $69,458 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $102,640. 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 ($55,000) and the ninetieth ($155,440) 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 $73,112 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 $69,458 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.