Tool and Die Makers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,246
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$11,494
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,626
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
$56,740
Kept after tax
$45,246
Worth in national money
$47,626
State rank
41
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Utah pays tool and die makers a middle wage of $56,740, 41 of 45 states and about 11.41% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 254.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,740 the take-home is $45,246; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,626 would nationally. The average comes to $60,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah's $56,740 median for tool and die makers places it 41 of 45 states, about 11.41% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, tool and die makers sits at 254 of 487 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for tool and die makers in Utah, on $56,740, is $45,246 — equivalent to $47,626 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 $60,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,120 |
| This salary | $56,740 |
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 | $45,246 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,771 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,533 |
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 | $53,598 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,854 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,740 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,950 and the ninetieth is $84,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,246 take-home in Utah comes from $56,740. 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 254 of 487.
- Two cautions on $47,626, the adjusted value of that $56,740 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Utah. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 254 of 487 locally.
- The Utah median of $56,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,950 to $84,120. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $45,246, from $56,740, 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 254 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 45 for it.
- This $47,626 adjusted figure, worked from $56,740, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 254 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 254 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $60,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,950 at the bottom tenth to $84,120 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,626.
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 $45,246.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $60,700. 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 ($44,950 to $84,120) 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 $47,626 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 $45,246 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.