Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,939
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$6,952
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,566
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
$37,890
Kept after tax
$30,939
Worth in national money
$32,566
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs. The middle earner takes $37,890, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.61% above the national middle.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs lands at 431. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,890 you keep $30,939 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,566 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, at $37,890 — about 1.61% 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.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 431 of 487 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Utah is $30,939 after the full tax stack, from $37,890. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,566 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,150 |
| This salary | $37,890 |
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 | $30,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,625 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,007 |
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 | $35,792 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,218 |
| 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 shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Utah earn under $37,890 and half over. The published range runs $29,190 at the tenth percentile to $53,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,939 take-home in Utah comes from $37,890. 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 431 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,566, the adjusted value of that $37,890 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 431 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,190 to $53,150; 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 $30,939, from $37,890, 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 431 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $32,566 — the adjusted value of that $37,890 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 431 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $39,710, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,190 at the bottom tenth to $53,150 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 $32,566.
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 $30,939.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $39,710. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,190 to $53,150) 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 $32,566 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 $30,939 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.