Procurement Clerks in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,887
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$11,063
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,196
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
$54,950
Kept after tax
$43,887
Worth in national money
$46,196
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Utah pays procurement clerks a middle wage of $54,950, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 8.64% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 267.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $54,950 you keep $43,887, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,196 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah's median for procurement clerks is $54,950, about 8.64% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, procurement clerks sits at 267 of 487 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for procurement clerks on $54,950 is $43,887. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,196 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $55,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,510 |
| This salary | $54,950 |
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 | $43,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,332 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,483 |
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 | $51,907 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,794 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,950 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,360 and the ninetieth is $73,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $43,887 take-home in Utah comes from $54,950. 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 267 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,196, the adjusted value of that $54,950 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 267 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $54,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,360 to $73,510. 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 $43,887, from $54,950, 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 267 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $46,196 — the adjusted value of that $54,950 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 267 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,360 at the bottom tenth to $73,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,196 in national terms.
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 $43,887 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 ($36,360 to $73,510) 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 $46,196 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 $43,887 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.