Bakers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,595
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$5,465
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,277
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
$34,060
Kept after tax
$28,595
Worth in national money
$31,277
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for bakers is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $34,060. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 8.34% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, bakers lands at 450. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $34,060 you keep $28,595, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,277 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $33,790, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For bakers, Idaho sits in the lower band at $34,060, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 8.34%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 450 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for bakers on $34,060 is $28,595. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,277 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 $33,790 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Bakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,110 |
| This salary | $34,060 |
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 | $28,595 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,547 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$871 |
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 | $32,875 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,054 |
| 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 $34,060. The published range is $21,100 up to $46,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $28,595 take-home in Idaho comes from $34,060. 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 450 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,277 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 450.
- Reported values are medians; for bakers in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $21,100 to $46,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $28,595, from $34,060, 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 450 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,277, worked from $34,060, 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 450 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $21,100, the highest tenth $46,110, 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 $31,277.
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 $28,595 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($21,100) and the ninetieth ($46,110) 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 $31,277 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 $28,595 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.