Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,891
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,159
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,884
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
$47,050
Kept after tax
$37,891
Worth in national money
$39,884
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 24 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,050. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 337 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,050 the take-home is $37,891; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,884 would nationally. The average comes to $47,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 24 of 51 for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive at $47,050. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 337 of 487 in Utah places secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah, on $47,050, is $37,891 — equivalent to $39,884 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 $47,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,850 |
| This salary | $47,050 |
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 | $37,891 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,985 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,263 |
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 | $44,444 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,527 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah earn under $47,050 and half over. The published range runs $31,600 at the tenth percentile to $63,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,891 take-home in Utah comes from $47,050. 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 337 of 487.
- Two cautions on $39,884, the adjusted value of that $47,050 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Utah. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 337 of 487 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,600 to $63,850; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $37,891, from $47,050, 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 337 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- This $39,884 adjusted figure, worked from $47,050, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 337 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 337 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,600 at the bottom tenth to $63,850 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 $39,884.
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, $37,891 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 ($31,600 to $63,850) 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 $39,884 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 $37,891 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.