Budget Analysts in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,818
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$19,402
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,804
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
$83,220
Kept after tax
$63,818
Worth in national money
$69,804
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 32 of 51 states for budget analysts, with a middle wage of $83,220. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, budget analysts ranks 94 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $83,220 you keep $63,818 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $69,804 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $88,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho ranks 32 of 51 for budget analysts at $83,220. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, budget analysts sits 94 of 476 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $63,818 after the full tax stack, from $83,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,804 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $88,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,220 |
| This salary | $83,220 |
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 | $63,818 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,375 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$470 |
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 | $78,163 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$649 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $83,220 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $63,290 and the ninetieth is $126,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $63,818 take-home in Idaho comes from $83,220. 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 94 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,804, the adjusted value of that $83,220 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 94 of 476 in the state.
- The Idaho median of $83,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $63,290 to $126,220. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $63,818, from $83,220, 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 94 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $69,804 — the adjusted value of that $83,220 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 94 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $88,950 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $63,290 and the top tenth $126,220 — 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 $69,804.
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 $63,818 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $88,950. 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 ($63,290) and the ninetieth ($126,220) 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 $69,804 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 $63,818 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.