Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,302
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$25,048
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,211
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
$99,350
Kept after tax
$74,302
Worth in national money
$78,211
State rank
9
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $99,350, which ranks 9 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 17.87% above the national middle.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 67 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $99,350 you keep $74,302, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,211 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $101,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 9 of 46 states publishing a median for sociology teachers, postsecondary, at $99,350 — about 17.87% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, sociology teachers, postsecondary sits 67 of 487 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for sociology teachers, postsecondary on $99,350 is $74,302. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,211 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 $101,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,770 |
| This salary | $99,350 |
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 | $74,302 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,723 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,801 |
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 | $93,066 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,869 |
| 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 $99,350. The published range is $65,630 up to $131,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,302 take-home in Utah comes from $99,350. 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 67 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,211, the adjusted value of that $99,350 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 67 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sociology teachers, postsecondary in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,630 to $131,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,302, from $99,350, 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 67 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $78,211 — the adjusted value of that $99,350 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 67 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,630 at the tenth percentile, $131,770 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $78,211 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $74,302 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,630 to $131,770) 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 $78,211 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 $74,302 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.