Marketing Managers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,617
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$39,213
28.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$105,911
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
$139,830
Kept after tax
$100,617
Worth in national money
$105,911
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays marketing managers around $139,830 at the midpoint, 26 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, marketing managers ranks 11 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $139,830 the take-home is $100,617; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $105,911 would nationally. The average comes to $152,090, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For marketing managers the Utah median is $139,830, ranking 26 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, marketing managers sits 11 of 487 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for marketing managers in Utah, on $139,830, is $100,617 — equivalent to $105,911 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 $152,090 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $139,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $229,240 |
| This salary | $139,830 |
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 | $100,617 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $106,840 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,035 |
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 | $130,726 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,737 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $139,830 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,400 and the ninetieth is $229,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $100,617 take-home in Utah comes from $139,830. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 11 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $105,911, the adjusted value of that $139,830 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 11 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $139,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,400 to $229,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $100,617, from $139,830, assumes a single Utah filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 11 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $105,911 — the adjusted value of that $139,830 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 11 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 $152,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $79,400 and the top tenth $229,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $105,911.
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, $100,617 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $152,090. 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 ($79,400) and the ninetieth ($229,240) 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 $105,911 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 $100,617 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.