Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,958
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,242
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,706
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
$49,200
Kept after tax
$39,958
Worth in national money
$43,706
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $49,200. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 10.37% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 291 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,200 you keep $39,958, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,706 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $58,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For automotive body and related repairers, Idaho sits in the lower band at $49,200, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.37%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Automotive body and related repairers ranks 291 of 476 occupations in Idaho by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for automotive body and related repairers on $49,200 is $39,958. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,706 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 $58,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,040 |
| This salary | $49,200 |
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 | $39,958 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,712 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$781 |
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 | $47,017 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$944 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,200 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,610 and the ninetieth is $93,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $39,958, from $49,200, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 291 of 476 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,706 uses one figure for the whole of Idaho. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 476 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 291.
- The Idaho median of $49,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,610 to $93,040. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,958 from $49,200. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 291 of 476 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,706, worked from $49,200, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Idaho address, on work sitting at 291 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $58,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,610, the highest tenth $93,040, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $43,706.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Idaho's own levy, $39,958 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $58,000. 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 ($36,610) and the ninetieth ($93,040) 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 $43,706 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 $39,958 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.
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.