Advertising Sales Agents in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,155
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$10,305
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,203
Idaho costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Idaho — 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
$53,460
Kept after tax
$43,155
Worth in national money
$47,203
State rank
31
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 31 of 48 states for advertising sales agents, with a middle wage of $53,460. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Advertising sales agents ranks 247 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $53,460 the take-home is $43,155; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,203 would nationally. The average comes to $73,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho ranks 31 of 48 for advertising sales agents at $53,460. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 247 of 476 in Idaho places advertising sales agents in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for advertising sales agents in Idaho, on $53,460, is $43,155 — equivalent to $47,203 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 $73,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Advertising Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,610 |
| This salary | $53,460 |
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 Idaho | $43,155 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,135 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$755 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $50,996 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$914 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Idaho earn less than $53,460. The published range is $28,800 up to $158,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $43,155 take-home in Idaho comes from $53,460. 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 247 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,203, the adjusted value of that $53,460 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 247 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for advertising sales agents in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,800 to $158,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $43,155, from $53,460, assumes a single Idaho 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 247 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $47,203 — the adjusted value of that $53,460 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 247 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $73,570, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $28,800 and the top tenth $158,610 — 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 $47,203.
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 Idaho adds its own income tax on top — which is why $43,155 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 48 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 Idaho is $73,570. 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 ($28,800) and the ninetieth ($158,610) 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?
Idaho'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 $47,203 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 $43,155 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Idaho 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.