Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,320
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$11,200
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,651
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
$55,520
Kept after tax
$44,320
Worth in national money
$46,651
State rank
18
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays locksmiths and safe repairers around $55,520 at the midpoint, 18 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 266 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $55,520 you keep $44,320 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $46,651 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $54,610.
- For locksmiths and safe repairers the Utah median is $55,520, ranking 18 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 266 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $44,320 after the full tax stack, from $55,520. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,651 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $54,610 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,320 |
| This salary | $55,520 |
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 | $44,320 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,790 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,499 |
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 | $52,445 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,813 |
| 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Utah earn under $55,520 and half over. The published range runs $34,770 at the tenth percentile to $74,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $44,320, worked from $55,520. 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 266 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,651 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 266.
- Figures are distribution medians for locksmiths and safe repairers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,770 to $74,320; 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.
- The Utah take-home of $44,320, on $55,520 for work ranking 266 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 266 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,651, worked from $55,520, 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 266 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,770 at the tenth percentile, $74,320 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $46,651 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $44,320 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,770 to $74,320) 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 $46,651 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 $44,320 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.