Tire Repairers and Changers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,233
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$6,727
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,823
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
$36,960
Kept after tax
$30,233
Worth in national money
$31,823
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Utah sits in the middle of the pack for tire repairers and changers. The median is $36,960, ranking 31 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Utah this is lower-paid work. Of 487 occupations the state publishes figures for, tire repairers and changers ranks 440. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $36,960 you keep $30,233 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $31,823 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- Utah occupies the middle band for tire repairers and changers: a median of $36,960, ranking 31 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Against every occupation Utah reports, tire repairers and changers ranks 440 of 487, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Utah is $30,233 after the full tax stack, from $36,960. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,823 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,870 |
| This salary | $36,960 |
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 | $30,233 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,877 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$981 |
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 | $34,913 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,186 |
| 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 tire repairers and changers in Utah earn under $36,960 and half over. The published range runs $30,470 at the tenth percentile to $48,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,233 take-home in Utah comes from $36,960. 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 440 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,823, the adjusted value of that $36,960 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 440 of 487 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tire repairers and changers in Utah, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,470 to $48,870; 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 $30,233, from $36,960, 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 440 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $31,823 — the adjusted value of that $36,960 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 440 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 $39,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,470 at the bottom tenth to $48,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,823 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 $30,233 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 50 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 $39,350. 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 ($30,470 to $48,870) 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 $31,823 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 $30,233 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.