Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,167
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$26,013
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,174
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
$102,180
Kept after tax
$76,167
Worth in national money
$80,174
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Utah pays this job around $102,180 at the midpoint, 29 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, this job ranks 56 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Utah does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $102,180 you keep $76,167, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,174 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $111,480, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For transportation, storage, and distribution managers the Utah median is $102,180, ranking 29 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, transportation, storage, and distribution managers sits 56 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.
- After federal, FICA and Utah income tax, retained pay for transportation, storage, and distribution managers on $102,180 is $76,167. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,174 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 $111,480 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,180 |
| This salary | $102,180 |
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 | $76,167 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,714 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,886 |
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 | $95,717 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,987 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,180 as a midpoint for Utah, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,090 and the ninetieth is $169,180 — 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 $76,167, worked from $102,180. 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 56 of 487.
- One number stands for prices across all of Utah, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,174, the adjusted value of that $102,180 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 56 of 487 in the state.
- The Utah median of $102,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,090 to $169,180. 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 $76,167, on $102,180 for work ranking 56 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 56 of 487 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Utah, so $80,174 — the adjusted value of that $102,180 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 56 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 $111,480 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $65,090 and the top tenth $169,180 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $80,174.
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 $76,167.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $111,480. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,090) and the ninetieth ($169,180) 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 $80,174 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 $76,167 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.