First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,595
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$11,605
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,994
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
$57,200
Kept after tax
$45,595
Worth in national money
$47,994
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $57,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 252 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,200 you keep $45,595 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $47,994 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 33 of 51 for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers at $57,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 252 of 487 in Utah places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $45,595 after the full tax stack, from $57,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,994 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,790 |
| This salary | $57,200 |
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 | $45,595 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,140 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,546 |
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 | $54,032 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,870 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Utah earn under $57,200 and half over. The published range runs $46,150 at the tenth percentile to $85,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $45,595, worked from $57,200. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 252 of 487.
- Two cautions on $47,994, the adjusted value of that $57,200 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 252 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,150 to $85,790; 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.
- The Utah take-home of $45,595, on $57,200 for work ranking 252 of 487 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 252 of 487 in the state.
- This $47,994 adjusted figure, worked from $57,200, 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 252 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 252 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $61,000, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,150 at the tenth percentile, $85,790 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 $47,994 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, $45,595 remains.
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.
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 $61,000. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,150 to $85,790) 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 $47,994 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 $45,595 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.