Psychiatric Technicians in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,124
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$7,646
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,867
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
$40,770
Kept after tax
$33,124
Worth in national money
$34,867
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 32 of 49 states for psychiatric technicians, with a middle wage of $40,770. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Utah this is lower-paid work. Of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, psychiatric technicians ranks 400. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,770 you keep $33,124 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,867 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,980, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 32 of 49 for psychiatric technicians at $40,770. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Utah reports, psychiatric technicians ranks 400 of 487, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Utah is $33,124 after the full tax stack, from $40,770. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,867 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,980 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,870 |
| This salary | $40,770 |
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 | $33,124 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,939 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,087 |
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 | $38,512 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,315 |
| 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 $40,770. The published range is $34,760 up to $47,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $33,124 take-home in Utah comes from $40,770. 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 400 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,867, the adjusted value of that $40,770 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 400 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatric technicians in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,760 to $47,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $33,124, from $40,770, 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 400 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $34,867 — the adjusted value of that $40,770 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 400 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,760 at the bottom tenth to $47,870 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 $34,867.
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 $33,124 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,760 to $47,870) 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 $34,867 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 $33,124 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.