What Customer Service Representatives earn in Juab County, UT
The median pay for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT is $39,560 per year, which works out to $19.02 per hour. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey for the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metropolitan area, the labor market that Juab County, UT belongs to. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than the median and half earn less, which makes it a sturdier yardstick than an average that a few very high earners can pull upward.
The mean wage is $42,670, which is 7.9% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 7,780 people working in this occupation across the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Juab County, UT has roughly 12,586 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Customer Service Representatives in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $30,030 a year ($14.44 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $58,410 or more ($28.08 an hour). That is a gap of $28,380 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $35,420 at the 25th percentile and $46,840 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 1.9 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT is $19.02. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $39,560, and the same salary is $3,297 a month before taxes or about $1,522 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $15.75 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Customer Service Representatives
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Customer Service Representatives this way: "Interact with customers to provide basic or scripted information in response to routine inquiries about products and services. May handle and resolve general complaints. Excludes individuals whose duties are primarily installation, sales, repair, and technical support."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions taken"; "Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems"; "Contact customers to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results or any planned adjustments"; "Refer unresolved customer grievances to designated departments for further investigation".
Job outlook for Customer Service Representatives
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to shrink from 2,666,000 jobs in 2025 to 2,524,100 in 2035, a change of -5.3%, slower than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 289,500 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 10.9% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: high school diploma or equivalent. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: short-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $44,770 for this occupation; the Juab County, UT median of $39,560 is 11.6% below it.
How pay in Juab County, UT compares
Compared with the Utah average
The local median of $39,560 sits below the Utah employment-weighted average of $42,995. The shortfall is $3,435 a year, or 8.0%, so Juab County, UT is a lower-paying market for this job than the state as a whole. Within Utah, the highest median we track for this job is $45,410 in Salt Lake County, UT.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Customer Service Representatives is $44,022 across the contiguous United States. At $39,560, Juab County, UT pays $4,462 less, which is 10.1% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Juab County, UT
Among the 397 occupations with published wages in Juab County, UT, Customer Service Representatives ranks number 308 by median pay, ahead of about 22% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Software Developers at $131,210 a year, which is $91,650 more than the median for Customer Service Representatives.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $39,560 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $6,806 a year, which leaves $32,754, or $2,730 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $17 goes to taxes and $83 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 17.2%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $23,810. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $2,619, an effective 6.6% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $2,453 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $574. FICA totals $3,026, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Utah
Utah income tax on this salary is $1,160 a year, or 2.9% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 44% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $97 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Juab County, UT
IRS Statistics of Income data for Juab County, UT show an average adjusted gross income of $77,799 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 9.5% across all filers. Filers in the $25,000 to under $50,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 4.9%, compared with the 6.6% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Juab County, UT
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Juab County, UT: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $32,754 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Juab County, UT is $1,192 a month, or $14,304 a year. A two-bedroom costs $1,363 a month. For Customer Service Representatives, a one-bedroom absorbs 43.7% of take-home pay and 36.2% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 8.7% of gross pay for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Utah residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,291 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $511, for $1,802 in total. Gasoline in Utah averages $3.33 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,542.
What is left over
Add the four basics together and living costs come to $21,083 a year, 64% of take-home pay. That leaves $11,671 a year, or $973 a month, for savings, transportation beyond fuel, health care, debt and everything else. That margin equals 29.5% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Juab County, UT
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Juab County, UT: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Juab County, UT, set beside the Utah and national medians.
Property taxes in Juab County, UT
Homeowners in Juab County, UT pay a median of $1,914 a year in real estate taxes, 24% below the Utah median of $2,525 and 39% below the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $425,400, the median tax bill is 0.45% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Customer Service Representatives median of $39,560, a tax bill of that size would equal 4.8% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Juab County, UT
Renters in Juab County, UT pay a median gross rent of $907 a month in the Census survey, 39% below the Utah median of $1,496. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,192 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $425,400, 13% below the Utah median of $489,400. Median household income is $101,786, 7% above the Utah median of $95,166, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 14.1% of that income.
Commuting in Juab County, UT
Workers in Juab County, UT who travel to a workplace spend an average of 23.9 minutes each way, 8% above the Utah average of 22.1. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.0 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 10.4% of workers in Juab County, UT work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Customer Service Representatives afford to live in Juab County, UT?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $39,560 that ceiling is $989 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,192 is $203 over it, so rent breaks the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $22.92 an hour; the median for Customer Service Representatives is $19.02, which is 17% below that mark. Another way to see it: at $15.75 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 17.5 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,363 a month means $682 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $6,126 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $17,797.
How fast you can save
At $973 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 11 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 22 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Customer Service Representatives pay in Juab County, UT
What is the hourly wage for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT?
The median is $19.02 per hour, based on $39,560 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $14.44 at the 10th percentile to $28.08 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $39,560 becomes $32,754 a year. That is $2,730 a month, $1,260 every two weeks or $630 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT?
Total taxes are $6,806 a year, an effective rate of 17.2%: $2,619 federal income tax, $3,026 FICA and $1,160 Utah income tax.
Is pay for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT above the Utah average?
No. The local median of $39,560 is -8.0% versus the Utah average of $42,995, a difference of $3,435 a year.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Customer Service Representatives salary in Juab County, UT?
A one-bedroom costs $1,192 a month against take-home pay of $2,730, which is 43.7% of take-home pay. That does not meet the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $989 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Customer Service Representatives in Juab County, UT?
About $973 a month ($11,671 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $21,083 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Juab County, UT at the 30% guideline?
$22.92 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $14,304 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Customer Service Representatives is $19.02.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Utah rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.