Funeral Attendants in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,398
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$7,732
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,155
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
$41,130
Kept after tax
$33,398
Worth in national money
$35,155
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Utah pays funeral attendants a middle wage of $41,130, ranking 11 of 48 states and sitting about 15.27% above the national middle.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, funeral attendants lands at 398. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $41,130 the take-home is $33,398; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,155 would nationally. The average comes to $42,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah's median for funeral attendants is $41,130, about 15.27% above the national figure and 11 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 398 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.
- Post-tax income for funeral attendants in Utah, on $41,130, is $33,398 — equivalent to $35,155 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 $42,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,000 |
| This salary | $41,130 |
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 | $33,398 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,228 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,097 |
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 | $38,852 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,327 |
| 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 funeral attendants in Utah earn under $41,130 and half over. The published range runs $31,180 at the tenth percentile to $52,000 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 $33,398, worked from $41,130. 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 398 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,155, the adjusted value of that $41,130 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 398 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for funeral attendants in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,180 to $52,000; 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 $33,398, on $41,130 for work ranking 398 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 398 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $35,155 — the adjusted value of that $41,130 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 398 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,180 at the tenth percentile, $52,000 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 $35,155 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 $33,398.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,180 to $52,000) 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 $35,155 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 $33,398 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.