Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,176
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$22,914
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,868
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
$93,090
Kept after tax
$70,176
Worth in national money
$73,868
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $93,090, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 15.87% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 487 occupations Utah reports, this job comes in at 82 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $93,090 you keep $70,176 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,868 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $94,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for psychology teachers, postsecondary, at $93,090 — about 15.87% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Psychology teachers, postsecondary ranks 82 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.
- Retained pay in Utah is $70,176 after the full tax stack, from $93,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,868 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $94,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,380 |
| This salary | $93,090 |
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 | $70,176 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,319 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,611 |
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 | $87,202 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,607 |
| 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 $93,090. The published range is $61,070 up to $127,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $70,176, worked from $93,090. 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 82 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,868 uses one figure for the whole of Utah. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 487 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 82.
- Reported values are medians; for psychology teachers, postsecondary in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,070 to $127,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Utah take-home of $70,176, on $93,090 for work ranking 82 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 82 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,868, worked from $93,090, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Utah address, on work sitting at 82 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $61,070 at the tenth percentile, $127,380 at the ninetieth.
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 $73,868.
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 $70,176 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,070 to $127,380) 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 $73,868 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 $70,176 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.