Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,446
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$12,064
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,990
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
$60,510
Kept after tax
$48,446
Worth in national money
$52,990
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $60,510. That is 38 of 49 states, and about 8.69% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 201 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,510 you keep $48,446, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,990 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $64,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For career/technical education teachers, secondary school, Idaho sits in the lower band at $60,510, ranking 38 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 8.69%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 201 of 476 in Idaho places career/technical education teachers, secondary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for career/technical education teachers, secondary school on $60,510 is $48,446. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,990 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 $64,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,080 |
| This salary | $60,510 |
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 | $48,446 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,800 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$713 |
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 | $57,581 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$863 |
| 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 $60,510. The published range is $50,660 up to $77,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $48,446, from $60,510, 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 201 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,990, the adjusted value of that $60,510 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Idaho. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 201 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,660 to $77,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,446 from $60,510. 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 201 of 476 locally.
- This $52,990 adjusted figure, worked from $60,510, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 201 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 201 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 $64,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,660 and the top tenth $77,080, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,990 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Idaho then takes its own share, leaving $48,446.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $64,350. 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 ($50,660 to $77,080) 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 $52,990 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 $48,446 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.