First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,650
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$28,851
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,945
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
$110,500
Kept after tax
$81,650
Worth in national money
$85,945
State rank
16
of 51 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 $110,500, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 4.21% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, this job comes in at 40 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $110,500 the take-home is $81,650; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $85,945 would nationally. The average comes to $111,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah's median for first-line supervisors of police and detectives is $110,500, about 4.21% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- First-line supervisors of police and detectives ranks 40 of 487 occupations by median in Utah, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of police and detectives in Utah, on $110,500, is $81,650 — equivalent to $85,945 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 $111,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,490 |
| This salary | $110,500 |
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 | $81,650 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,567 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,138 |
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 | $103,510 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,335 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $110,500 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $82,270 and the ninetieth is $135,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $81,650 take-home in Utah comes from $110,500. 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 40 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $85,945 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 40.
- The Utah median of $110,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $82,270 to $135,490. 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 $81,650, from $110,500, 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 40 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $85,945, worked from $110,500, 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 40 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $82,270 and the top tenth $135,490, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $85,945 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $81,650.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($82,270 to $135,490) 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 $85,945 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 $81,650 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.