Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,826
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$8,504
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,711
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
$44,330
Kept after tax
$35,826
Worth in national money
$37,711
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays this job around $44,330 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, this job lands at 367. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,330 you keep $35,826, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,711 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For medical secretaries and administrative assistants the Utah median is $44,330, ranking 30 of 51 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.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 367 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for medical secretaries and administrative assistants on $44,330 is $35,826. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,711 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 $44,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,080 |
| This salary | $44,330 |
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 | $35,826 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,799 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,187 |
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 | $41,875 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,435 |
| 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 medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Utah earn under $44,330 and half over. The published range runs $34,510 at the tenth percentile to $57,080 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 $35,826, worked from $44,330. 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 367 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,711, the adjusted value of that $44,330 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 367 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,510 to $57,080; 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 $35,826, on $44,330 for work ranking 367 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 367 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $37,711 — the adjusted value of that $44,330 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 367 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,510 at the bottom tenth to $57,080 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,711 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 $35,826 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,510 to $57,080) 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 $37,711 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 $35,826 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.