Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,690
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$8,460
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,567
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
$44,150
Kept after tax
$35,690
Worth in national money
$37,567
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $44,150, which ranks 9 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 15.27% above the national middle.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, this job lands at 371. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,150 the take-home is $35,690; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,567 would nationally. The average lands at $43,370, below the middle of the range.
- Utah ranks 9 of 50 states publishing a median for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, at $44,150 — about 15.27% 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.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 371 of 487 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Utah, on $44,150, is $35,690 — equivalent to $37,567 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 $43,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,020 |
| This salary | $44,150 |
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 | $35,690 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,655 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,182 |
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 | $41,705 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,429 |
| 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 $44,150. The published range is $37,320 up to $46,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $35,690 take-home in Utah comes from $44,150. 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 371 of 487.
- Two cautions on $37,567, the adjusted value of that $44,150 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Utah. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 371 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,320 to $46,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $35,690, from $44,150, 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 371 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- This $37,567 adjusted figure, worked from $44,150, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 371 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 371 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,320 and the top tenth $46,020, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $37,567 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $35,690 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,320 to $46,020) 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 $37,567 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 $35,690 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.