Pharmacists in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$103,435
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$40,805
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,877
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
$144,240
Kept after tax
$103,435
Worth in national money
$108,877
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pharmacists is strong here. Utah's middle earner gets $144,240, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 2.36% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Utah. It ranks 10 out of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $144,240 you keep $103,435 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $108,877 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $138,140.
- For pharmacists, Utah sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $144,240, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 2.36% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Utah, pharmacists ranks 10 of 487 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Utah is $103,435 after the full tax stack, from $144,240. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $108,877 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $138,140 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $144,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,440 |
| This salary | $144,240 |
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 | $103,435 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $109,854 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,171 |
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 | $134,849 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,929 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $144,240 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $70,260 and the ninetieth is $172,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $103,435, worked from $144,240. 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 10 of 487.
- Two cautions on $108,877, the adjusted value of that $144,240 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 10 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $144,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $70,260 to $172,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $103,435, on $144,240 for work ranking 10 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 10 of 487 in the state.
- This $108,877 adjusted figure, worked from $144,240, 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 10 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 10 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 $138,140, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $70,260 at the tenth percentile, $172,440 at the ninetieth.
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 $108,877 in national terms.
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 $103,435.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $138,140. 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 ($70,260 to $172,440) 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 $108,877 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 $103,435 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.