Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,131
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$17,199
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,242
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
$76,330
Kept after tax
$59,131
Worth in national money
$62,242
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 18 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $76,330. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 138 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,330 the take-home is $59,131; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $62,242 would nationally. The average lands at $75,460, below the middle of the range.
- Utah ranks 18 of 51 for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education at $76,330. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education ranks 138 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.
- Post-tax income for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Utah, on $76,330, is $59,131 — equivalent to $62,242 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $75,460 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,730 |
| This salary | $76,330 |
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 | $59,131 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,528 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,104 |
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 | $71,502 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,906 |
| 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 $76,330. The published range is $51,400 up to $98,730, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Utah the take-home figure of $59,131, from $76,330, 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 138 of 487 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,242 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 138.
- Reported values are medians; for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,400 to $98,730. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Utah is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,131 from $76,330. 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 138 of 487 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,242, worked from $76,330, 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 138 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,400 at the bottom tenth to $98,730 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 $62,242.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Utah's own levy, $59,131 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,400 to $98,730) 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 $62,242 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 $59,131 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.