Industrial Engineers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,326
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$26,614
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,395
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
$103,940
Kept after tax
$77,326
Worth in national money
$81,395
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for industrial engineers. The median is $103,940, ranking 19 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Utah. It ranks 53 out of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $103,940 you keep $77,326, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $81,395 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $109,070, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah occupies the middle band for industrial engineers: a median of $103,940, ranking 19 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.
- Within Utah, industrial engineers ranks 53 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for industrial engineers on $103,940 is $77,326. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $81,395 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 $109,070 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,930 |
| This salary | $103,940 |
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 | $77,326 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,952 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,940 |
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 | $97,365 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,061 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $103,940 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,130 and the ninetieth is $140,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $77,326, from $103,940, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 53 of 487 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,395 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 53.
- The Utah median of $103,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,130 to $140,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $77,326 from $103,940. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 53 of 487 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,395, worked from $103,940, 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 53 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $109,070 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $75,130 at the bottom tenth to $140,930 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $81,395.
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 $77,326 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $109,070. 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 ($75,130 to $140,930) 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 $81,395 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 $77,326 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.