Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,701
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$11,639
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,105
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
$57,340
Kept after tax
$45,701
Worth in national money
$48,105
State rank
42
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $57,340. That is 42 of 48 states, and about 6.86% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 251 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 $57,340 the take-home is $45,701; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,105 would nationally. The average comes to $61,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For occupational health and safety technicians, Utah sits in the lower band at $57,340, ranking 42 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 6.86%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Occupational health and safety technicians ranks 251 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 occupational health and safety technicians in Utah, on $57,340, is $45,701 — equivalent to $48,105 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 $61,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,990 |
| This salary | $57,340 |
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 | $45,701 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,253 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,550 |
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 | $54,164 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,875 |
| 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 $57,340. The published range is $39,100 up to $79,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $45,701, from $57,340, 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 251 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $48,105, the adjusted value of that $57,340 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 251 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational health and safety technicians in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,100 to $79,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,701 from $57,340. 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 251 of 487 locally.
- This $48,105 adjusted figure, worked from $57,340, 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 251 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 251 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $61,980, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,100 at the bottom tenth to $79,990 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $48,105.
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 $45,701 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $61,980. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,100 to $79,990) 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 $48,105 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 $45,701 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.