Speech-Language Pathologists in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,168
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$22,392
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,807
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
$91,560
Kept after tax
$69,168
Worth in national money
$72,807
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays speech-language pathologists around $91,560 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Utah this is well-paid work. Of 487 occupations with published figures in the state, speech-language pathologists ranks 85 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $91,560 the take-home is $69,168; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $72,807 would nationally. The average lands at $90,630, below the middle of the range.
- For speech-language pathologists the Utah median is $91,560, ranking 25 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Utah publishes a median for, speech-language pathologists sits 85 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.
- Post-tax income for speech-language pathologists in Utah, on $91,560, is $69,168 — equivalent to $72,807 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 $90,630 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,490 |
| This salary | $91,560 |
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 | $69,168 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,565 |
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 | $85,768 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,543 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $91,560 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,070 and the ninetieth is $128,490 — 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 $69,168, worked from $91,560. 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 85 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $72,807 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 85.
- The Utah median of $91,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,070 to $128,490. 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 $69,168, on $91,560 for work ranking 85 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 85 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $72,807, worked from $91,560, 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 85 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $56,070 and the top tenth $128,490 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Utah is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $72,807 in national terms.
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 $69,168.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($56,070) and the ninetieth ($128,490) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $72,807 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 $69,168 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.