Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,861
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$11,869
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,350
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
$59,730
Kept after tax
$47,861
Worth in national money
$52,350
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 $59,730. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 6.41% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 213.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,730 the take-home is $47,861; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,350 would nationally. The average comes to $63,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For career/technical education teachers, postsecondary, Idaho sits in the lower band at $59,730, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 6.41%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, career/technical education teachers, postsecondary sits at 213 of 476 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Idaho, on $59,730, is $47,861 — equivalent to $52,350 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 $63,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,940 |
| This salary | $59,730 |
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 | $47,861 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,173 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$718 |
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 | $56,852 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$868 |
| 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 $59,730. The published range is $37,080 up to $96,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,861 take-home in Idaho comes from $59,730. 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 213 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,350, the adjusted value of that $59,730 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 213 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,080 to $96,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,861, from $59,730, 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 213 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $52,350 — the adjusted value of that $59,730 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 213 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 $63,640, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,080 at the bottom tenth to $96,940 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $52,350 in national terms.
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, $47,861 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 $63,640. 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 ($37,080) and the ninetieth ($96,940) 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 $52,350 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 $47,861 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.