Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$118,656
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$49,404
29.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$124,899
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
$168,060
Kept after tax
$118,656
Worth in national money
$124,899
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $168,060, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 56.61% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Utah. It ranks 6 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 $168,060 the take-home is $118,656; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $124,899 would nationally. The average comes to $174,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for health specialties teachers, postsecondary, at $168,060 — about 56.61% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Utah, health specialties teachers, postsecondary ranks 6 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 health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Utah, on $168,060, is $118,656 — equivalent to $124,899 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 $174,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $168,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $331,930 |
| This salary | $168,060 |
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 | $118,656 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $126,135 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,903 |
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 | $157,118 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,971 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $168,060 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $53,400 and the ninetieth is $331,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $118,656, worked from $168,060. 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 6 of 487.
- Two cautions on $124,899, the adjusted value of that $168,060 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 6 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $168,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $53,400 to $331,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $118,656, on $168,060 for work ranking 6 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 6 of 487 in the state.
- This $124,899 adjusted figure, worked from $168,060, 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 6 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 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 $174,050, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,400, the highest tenth $331,930, 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 $124,899 in national terms.
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 $118,656.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $174,050. 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 ($53,400) and the ninetieth ($331,930) 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 $124,899 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 $118,656 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.