Tellers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,303
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$7,067
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,950
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
$38,370
Kept after tax
$31,303
Worth in national money
$32,950
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tellers is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $38,370. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 10.83% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 487 occupations Utah publishes, tellers lands at 425. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,370 you keep $31,303, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,950 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For tellers, Utah sits in the lower band at $38,370, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.83%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Utah, this work ranks 425 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for tellers on $38,370 is $31,303. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,950 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 $40,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,950 |
| This salary | $38,370 |
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 | $31,303 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,010 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,020 |
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 | $36,245 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,234 |
| 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 $38,370. The published range is $36,240 up to $46,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Utah's $31,303, worked from $38,370. 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 425 of 487.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,950 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 425.
- Reported values are medians; for tellers in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,240 to $46,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Utah take-home of $31,303, on $38,370 for work ranking 425 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 425 of 487 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,950, worked from $38,370, 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 425 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $40,300 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,240 at the tenth percentile, $46,950 at the ninetieth.
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 $32,950.
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, $31,303 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $40,300. 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 ($36,240 to $46,950) 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 $32,950 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 $31,303 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.