Physical Therapists in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,651
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$25,229
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,578
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
$99,880
Kept after tax
$74,651
Worth in national money
$78,578
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays physical therapists around $99,880 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, physical therapists comes in at 63 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,880 the take-home is $74,651; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $78,578 would nationally. The average lands at $99,790, below the middle of the range.
- For physical therapists the Utah median is $99,880, ranking 34 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Physical therapists ranks 63 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.
- Post-tax income for physical therapists in Utah, on $99,880, is $74,651 — equivalent to $78,578 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 $99,790 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,970 |
| This salary | $99,880 |
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 | $74,651 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,096 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,817 |
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 | $93,562 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,891 |
| 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 $99,880. The published range is $66,160 up to $136,970, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $74,651, from $99,880, 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 63 of 487 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $78,578, the adjusted value of that $99,880 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 63 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physical therapists in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,160 to $136,970. 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 $74,651 from $99,880. 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 63 of 487 locally.
- This $78,578 adjusted figure, worked from $99,880, 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 63 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 63 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $66,160 at the bottom tenth to $136,970 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $78,578 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $74,651 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($66,160 to $136,970) 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 $78,578 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 $74,651 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.