Helpers--Electricians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,007
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$8,243
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,848
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
$43,250
Kept after tax
$35,007
Worth in national money
$36,848
State rank
26
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 26 of 47 states for helpers--electricians, with a middle wage of $43,250. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Utah this is lower-paid work. Of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--electricians ranks 385. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $43,250 you keep $35,007 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,848 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,980, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 26 of 47 for helpers--electricians at $43,250. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Utah reports, helpers--electricians ranks 385 of 487, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Utah is $35,007 after the full tax stack, from $43,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,848 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,980 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,380 |
| This salary | $43,250 |
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 | $35,007 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,931 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,157 |
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 | $40,855 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,399 |
| 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 helpers--electricians in Utah earn under $43,250 and half over. The published range runs $38,450 at the tenth percentile to $60,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,007 take-home in Utah comes from $43,250. 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 385 of 487.
- Two cautions on $36,848, the adjusted value of that $43,250 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 385 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--electricians in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,450 to $60,380; 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.
- Retained pay of $35,007, from $43,250, 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 385 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 47 for it.
- This $36,848 adjusted figure, worked from $43,250, 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 385 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 385 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $44,980, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,450 at the tenth percentile, $60,380 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,848 in national terms.
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, $35,007 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $44,980. 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 ($38,450 to $60,380) 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 $36,848 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 $35,007 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.