Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,413
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$6,467
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,960
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
$35,880
Kept after tax
$29,413
Worth in national money
$30,960
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for home health and personal care aides. The median is $35,880, ranking 26 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Utah, this one sits low: 451 of 487 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,880 you keep $29,413, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $30,960 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $36,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah occupies the middle band for home health and personal care aides: a median of $35,880, ranking 26 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Home health and personal care aides occupies position 451 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for home health and personal care aides on $35,880 is $29,413. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $30,960 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $36,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,250 |
| This salary | $35,880 |
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 | $29,413 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,010 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$951 |
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 | $33,893 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,150 |
| 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 $35,880. The published range is $30,730 up to $45,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $29,413, worked from $35,880. 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 451 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,960 uses one figure for the whole of Utah. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 487 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 451.
- Reported values are medians; for home health and personal care aides in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,730 to $45,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Utah take-home of $29,413, on $35,880 for work ranking 451 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 451 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,960, worked from $35,880, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Utah address, on work sitting at 451 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,730 at the tenth percentile, $45,250 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 $30,960 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, $29,413 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,730 to $45,250) 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 $30,960 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 $29,413 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.