Public Relations Managers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,042
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$36,628
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,095
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
$132,670
Kept after tax
$96,042
Worth in national money
$101,095
State rank
16
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for public relations managers. The middle earner takes $132,670, which ranks 16 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 9.69% above the national middle.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, public relations managers ranks 18 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $132,670 you keep $96,042 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $101,095 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $148,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 16 of 48 states publishing a median for public relations managers, at $132,670 — about 9.69% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, public relations managers sits 18 of 487 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Utah is $96,042 after the full tax stack, from $132,670. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $101,095 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $148,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $262,990 |
| This salary | $132,670 |
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 | $96,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,946 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,815 |
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 | $124,032 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,424 |
| 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 $132,670. The published range is $80,370 up to $262,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $96,042 take-home in Utah comes from $132,670. 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 18 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $101,095 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 18.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations managers in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $80,370 to $262,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $96,042, from $132,670, 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 18 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $101,095, worked from $132,670, 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 18 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $148,790 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $80,370 and the top tenth $262,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $101,095 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 $96,042 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 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $148,790. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($80,370) and the ninetieth ($262,990) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $101,095 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 $96,042 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.