Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,735
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$8,475
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,615
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
$44,210
Kept after tax
$35,735
Worth in national money
$37,615
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Utah's middle earner gets $44,210, putting the state 13 of 50 — about 11.56% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Utah, this one sits low: 370 of 487 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,210 the take-home is $35,735; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,615 would nationally. The average lands at $43,400, below the middle of the range.
- For helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, Utah sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,210, ranking 13 of 50 and running about 11.56% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers occupies position 370 of 487 in Utah's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Utah, on $44,210, is $35,735 — equivalent to $37,615 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 $43,400 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,280 |
| This salary | $44,210 |
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 | $35,735 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,703 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,183 |
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 | $41,762 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,431 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Utah earn less than $44,210. The published range is $31,200 up to $60,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $35,735 take-home in Utah comes from $44,210. 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 370 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,615, the adjusted value of that $44,210 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 370 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $60,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $35,735, from $44,210, 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 370 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $37,615 — the adjusted value of that $44,210 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 370 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $60,280 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 $37,615 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Utah adds its own income tax on top — which is why $35,735 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $60,280) 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 $37,615 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 $35,735 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.