Interior Designers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,041
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$12,699
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,621
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
$61,740
Kept after tax
$49,041
Worth in national money
$51,621
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 32 of 49 states for interior designers, with a middle wage of $61,740. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 210 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,740 the take-home is $49,041; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,621 would nationally. The average comes to $66,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 32 of 49 for interior designers at $61,740. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Interior designers ranks 210 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for interior designers in Utah, on $61,740, is $49,041 — equivalent to $51,621 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 $66,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Interior Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,590 |
| This salary | $61,740 |
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 | $49,041 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,788 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,673 |
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 | $58,321 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,023 |
| 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 interior designers in Utah earn under $61,740 and half over. The published range runs $48,130 at the tenth percentile to $96,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $49,041, from $61,740, 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 210 of 487 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,621, the adjusted value of that $61,740 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 210 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for interior designers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,130 to $96,590; 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.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,041 from $61,740. 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 210 of 487 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $51,621 — the adjusted value of that $61,740 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 210 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 $66,290, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,130 and the top tenth $96,590 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $51,621 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, $49,041 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $66,290. 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 ($48,130) and the ninetieth ($96,590) 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 $51,621 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 $49,041 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.