Interpreters and Translators in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,099
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$13,671
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,840
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
$65,770
Kept after tax
$52,099
Worth in national money
$54,840
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for interpreters and translators. The middle earner takes $65,770, which ranks 12 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 9.31% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Interpreters and translators ranks 176 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,770 the take-home is $52,099; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,840 would nationally. The average comes to $66,250, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 12 of 47 states publishing a median for interpreters and translators, at $65,770 — about 9.31% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 176 of 487 in Utah places interpreters and translators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for interpreters and translators in Utah, on $65,770, is $52,099 — equivalent to $54,840 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 $66,250 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Interpreters and Translators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,360 |
| This salary | $65,770 |
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 | $52,099 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,026 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,786 |
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 | $62,127 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,159 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,770 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,140 and the ninetieth is $86,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $52,099, worked from $65,770. 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 176 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,840 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 176.
- The Utah median of $65,770 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,140 to $86,360. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $52,099, on $65,770 for work ranking 176 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 176 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,840, worked from $65,770, 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 176 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,140 at the tenth percentile, $86,360 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 $54,840 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 $52,099 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,140 to $86,360) 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 $54,840 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 $52,099 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.