Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,805
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$15,995
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,794
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
$72,800
Kept after tax
$56,805
Worth in national money
$59,794
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $72,800, which ranks 2 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 32.34% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 152 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $72,800 the take-home is $56,805; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $59,794 would nationally. The average lands at $70,730, below the middle of the range.
- Utah ranks 2 of 48 states publishing a median for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers, at $72,800 — about 32.34% 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.
- Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers ranks 152 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Utah, on $72,800, is $56,805 — equivalent to $59,794 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 $70,730 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,980 |
| This salary | $72,800 |
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 | $56,805 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,045 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,997 |
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 | $68,195 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,758 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $72,800 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,960 and the ninetieth is $100,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $56,805, from $72,800, 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 152 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $59,794, the adjusted value of that $72,800 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 152 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $72,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,960 to $100,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,805 from $72,800. 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 152 of 487 locally.
- This $59,794 adjusted figure, worked from $72,800, 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 152 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 152 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $43,960, the highest tenth $100,980, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $59,794 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $56,805.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,960) and the ninetieth ($100,980) 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 $59,794 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 $56,805 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.