Real Estate Sales Agents in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,676
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$10,044
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,816
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
$50,720
Kept after tax
$40,676
Worth in national money
$42,816
State rank
29
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 29 of 48 states for real estate sales agents, with a middle wage of $50,720. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 299 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,720 you keep $40,676, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,816 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,610, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 29 of 48 for real estate sales agents at $50,720. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Real estate sales agents ranks 299 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for real estate sales agents on $50,720 is $40,676. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,816 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 $53,610 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,790 |
| This salary | $50,720 |
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 | $40,676 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,934 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,365 |
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 | $47,911 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,651 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,720 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,290 and the ninetieth is $82,790 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $40,676, from $50,720, 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 299 of 487 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,816, the adjusted value of that $50,720 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 299 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $50,720 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,290 to $82,790. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,676 from $50,720. 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 299 of 487 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $42,816 — the adjusted value of that $50,720 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 299 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 $53,610 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,290, the highest tenth $82,790, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $42,816.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $40,676.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $53,610. 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 ($30,290) and the ninetieth ($82,790) 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 $42,816 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 $40,676 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.