Tile and Stone Setters in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,629
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$9,711
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,714
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
$49,340
Kept after tax
$39,629
Worth in national money
$41,714
State rank
26
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 26 of 47 states for tile and stone setters, with a middle wage of $49,340. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 309 among 487 occupations Utah publishes pay for.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,340 you keep $39,629, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,714 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Utah ranks 26 of 47 for tile and stone setters at $49,340. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 309 of 487 in Utah places tile and stone setters in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for tile and stone setters on $49,340 is $39,629. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,714 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 $51,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,640 |
| This salary | $49,340 |
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 | $39,629 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,825 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,327 |
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 | $46,607 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,604 |
| 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 $49,340. The published range is $35,830 up to $69,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,629 take-home in Utah comes from $49,340. 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 309 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,714, the adjusted value of that $49,340 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 309 of 487 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tile and stone setters in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,830 to $69,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,629, from $49,340, 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 309 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $41,714 — the adjusted value of that $49,340 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 309 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 $51,800, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,830 and the top tenth $69,640, so most people doing this work in Utah sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,714 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $39,629 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 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,800. 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 ($35,830 to $69,640) 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 $41,714 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 $39,629 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.