Floral Designers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,489
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$6,491
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,040
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
$35,980
Kept after tax
$29,489
Worth in national money
$31,040
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays floral designers around $35,980 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, floral designers lands at 449. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,980 you keep $29,489 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $31,040 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $36,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- For floral designers the Utah median is $35,980, ranking 26 of 51 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, this work ranks 449 of 487 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Utah is $29,489 after the full tax stack, from $35,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,040 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $36,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,890 |
| This salary | $35,980 |
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 | $29,489 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,090 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$954 |
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 | $33,987 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,153 |
| 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 floral designers in Utah earn under $35,980 and half over. The published range runs $28,330 at the tenth percentile to $45,890 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 $29,489, worked from $35,980. 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 449 of 487.
- Two cautions on $31,040, the adjusted value of that $35,980 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 449 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for floral designers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,330 to $45,890; 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 $29,489, on $35,980 for work ranking 449 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 449 of 487 in the state.
- This $31,040 adjusted figure, worked from $35,980, 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 449 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 449 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,330 at the bottom tenth to $45,890 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,040.
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 $29,489.
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 ($28,330 to $45,890) 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 $31,040 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 $29,489 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.