Sheet Metal Workers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,103
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$13,037
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,739
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
$63,140
Kept after tax
$50,103
Worth in national money
$52,739
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 23 of 50 states for sheet metal workers, with a middle wage of $63,140. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 194 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 $63,140 the take-home is $50,103; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,739 would nationally. The average comes to $63,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 23 of 50 for sheet metal workers at $63,140. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Sheet metal workers ranks 194 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 sheet metal workers in Utah, on $63,140, is $50,103 — equivalent to $52,739 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 $63,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,770 |
| This salary | $63,140 |
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 | $50,103 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,913 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,712 |
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 | $59,643 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,071 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,140 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,360 and the ninetieth is $85,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $50,103, worked from $63,140. 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 194 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,739, the adjusted value of that $63,140 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 194 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $63,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,360 to $85,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Utah take-home of $50,103, on $63,140 for work ranking 194 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 194 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $52,739 — the adjusted value of that $63,140 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 194 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,360 at the bottom tenth to $85,770 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 $52,739.
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 $50,103 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 ($44,360 to $85,770) 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 $52,739 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 $50,103 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.