Marriage and Family Therapists in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,832
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$20,148
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,243
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
$84,980
Kept after tax
$64,832
Worth in national money
$68,243
State rank
6
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marriage and family therapists is strong here. Utah's middle earner gets $84,980, putting the state 6 of 45 — about 26.95% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Utah. It ranks 96 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 $84,980 you keep $64,832, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,243 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $93,610, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For marriage and family therapists, Utah sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,980, ranking 6 of 45 and running about 26.95% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Utah, marriage and family therapists ranks 96 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 marriage and family therapists on $84,980 is $64,832. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,243 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 $93,610 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $151,840 |
| This salary | $84,980 |
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 | $64,832 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,613 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,366 |
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 | $79,605 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,268 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Utah earn less than $84,980. The published range is $39,800 up to $151,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $64,832, from $84,980, 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 96 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 $68,243, the adjusted value of that $84,980 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 96 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for marriage and family therapists in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,800 to $151,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,832 from $84,980. 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 96 of 487 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $68,243 — the adjusted value of that $84,980 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 96 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 $93,610 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $39,800, the highest tenth $151,840, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $68,243 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $64,832.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $93,610. 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 ($39,800) and the ninetieth ($151,840) 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 $68,243 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 $64,832 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.