Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,183
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$5,327
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,826
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
$33,510
Kept after tax
$28,183
Worth in national money
$30,826
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays baggage porters and bellhops around $33,510 at the midpoint, 23 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, baggage porters and bellhops lands at 453. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $33,510 the take-home is $28,183; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $30,826 would nationally. The average lands at $32,030, below the middle of the range.
- For baggage porters and bellhops the Idaho median is $33,510, ranking 23 of 48 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.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 453 of 476 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for baggage porters and bellhops in Idaho, on $33,510, is $28,183 — equivalent to $30,826 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 $32,030 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,290 |
| This salary | $33,510 |
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 | $28,183 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$874 |
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 | $32,362 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,058 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of baggage porters and bellhops in Idaho earn under $33,510 and half over. The published range runs $23,090 at the tenth percentile to $40,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $28,183, from $33,510, 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 453 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 $30,826 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 453.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,090 to $40,290; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $28,183 from $33,510. 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 453 of 476 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,826, worked from $33,510, 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 453 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 $32,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $23,090 at the tenth percentile, $40,290 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Idaho sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $30,826 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $28,183 remains.
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 $32,030. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($23,090 to $40,290) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Idaho rather than a national figure.
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 $30,826 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 $28,183 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.