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Revenue Agent / Tax Examiner (IRS and state) in Utah

Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM) lists 5 job classes for this work in the Utah state pay plan: Tax Specialist I–III, Tax Examiner, Senior Tax Examiner.

$48,422 – $121,285
state pay plan range, a year
5
classes in the state plan
$49,940
median pay in UT, all employers
3,470
workers in UT (SOC 13-2081)

Sources: Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Utah DHRM Public Job Descriptions: job salary ranges; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Utah state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective June 21, 2025. These are the ranges Utah sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Tax Specialist I
Class 22373 · class description
Grade Job 22373
$23.28 – $36.94 a hour
$48,422 – $76,835 a year
Tax Specialist II
Class 22377 · class description
Grade Job 22377
$25.96 – $41.19 a hour
$53,997 – $85,675 a year
Tax Specialist III
Class 11181 · class description
Grade Job 11181
$27.45 – $43.55 a hour
$57,096 – $90,584 a year
Tax Examiner
Class 10990 · class description
Grade Job 10990
$29.76 – $55.21 a hour
$61,901 – $114,837 a year
Senior Tax Examiner
Class 10991 · class description
Grade Job 10991
$33.69 – $58.31 a hour
$70,075 – $121,285 a year

Schedule: DHRM job description salary range (hourly). Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM), Utah DHRM Public Job Descriptions: job salary ranges. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Utah, all employers Sourced

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents (SOC 13-2081) in Utah, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureUT
Workers3,470
10th percentile$40,330
Median$49,940
90th percentile$70,800
National median, government employers$62,370

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Revenue Agent / Tax Examiner (IRS and state) page.

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