Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,079
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$19,241
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,397
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
$82,320
Kept after tax
$63,079
Worth in national money
$66,397
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $82,320, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.58% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, this job comes in at 105 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,320 you keep $63,079 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $66,397 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $79,910.
- Utah ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary, at $82,320 — about 2.58% 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.
- Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary ranks 105 of 487 occupations by median in Utah, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Utah is $63,079 after the full tax stack, from $82,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,397 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $79,910 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,850 |
| This salary | $82,320 |
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 | $63,079 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,742 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,285 |
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 | $77,113 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,156 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,320 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,190 and the ninetieth is $106,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $63,079 take-home in Utah comes from $82,320. 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 105 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,397 uses one figure for the whole of Utah. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 487 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 105.
- The Utah median of $82,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,190 to $106,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $63,079, from $82,320, 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 105 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,397, worked from $82,320, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Utah address, on work sitting at 105 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,190 and the top tenth $106,850, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $66,397.
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 $63,079 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 ($50,190 to $106,850) 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 $66,397 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 $63,079 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.