Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,990
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,190
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,988
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
$47,180
Kept after tax
$37,990
Worth in national money
$39,988
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Utah pays this job a middle wage of $47,180, 36 of 49 states and about 3.69% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 334 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,180 the take-home is $37,990; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,988 would nationally. The average comes to $49,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah's $47,180 median for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders places it 36 of 49 states, about 3.69% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 334 of 487 in Utah places mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Utah, on $47,180, is $37,990 — equivalent to $39,988 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 $49,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,040 |
| This salary | $47,180 |
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 | $37,990 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,089 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,266 |
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 | $44,567 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,532 |
| 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 $47,180. The published range is $36,050 up to $70,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $37,990, worked from $47,180. 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 334 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,988, the adjusted value of that $47,180 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 334 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,050 to $70,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Utah take-home of $37,990, on $47,180 for work ranking 334 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 334 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $39,988 — the adjusted value of that $47,180 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 334 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 $49,510 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 $36,050 and the top tenth $70,040 — 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 $39,988.
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, $37,990 remains.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $49,510. 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 ($36,050) and the ninetieth ($70,040) 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 $39,988 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 $37,990 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.