Pest Control Workers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,138
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$8,602
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,039
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
$44,740
Kept after tax
$36,138
Worth in national money
$38,039
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for pest control workers. The median is $44,740, ranking 26 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 365 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 $44,740 the take-home is $36,138; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,039 would nationally. The average lands at $42,760, below the middle of the range.
- Utah occupies the middle band for pest control workers: a median of $44,740, ranking 26 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Pest control workers ranks 365 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 pest control workers in Utah, on $44,740, is $36,138 — equivalent to $38,039 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 $42,760 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pest Control Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,640 |
| This salary | $44,740 |
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 | $36,138 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,129 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,198 |
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 | $42,262 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,449 |
| 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 pest control workers in Utah earn under $44,740 and half over. The published range runs $33,280 at the tenth percentile to $47,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,138 take-home in Utah comes from $44,740. 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 365 of 487.
- Two cautions on $38,039, the adjusted value of that $44,740 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 365 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pest control workers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,280 to $47,640; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,138, from $44,740, 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 365 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 50 for it.
- This $38,039 adjusted figure, worked from $44,740, 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 365 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 365 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 $42,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,280 and the top tenth $47,640, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $38,039 in national terms.
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, $36,138 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,760. 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 ($33,280 to $47,640) 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 $38,039 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 $36,138 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.