Carpet Installers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,722
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,828
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,635
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
$51,550
Kept after tax
$41,722
Worth in national money
$45,635
State rank
20
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays carpet installers around $51,550 at the midpoint, 20 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Carpet installers ranks 267 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,550 you keep $41,722, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,635 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $49,740, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For carpet installers the Idaho median is $51,550, ranking 20 of 45 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.
- Position 267 of 476 in Idaho places carpet installers 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 carpet installers on $51,550 is $41,722. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,635 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 $49,740 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,240 |
| This salary | $51,550 |
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 | $41,722 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,600 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$767 |
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 | $49,212 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$927 |
| 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 carpet installers in Idaho earn under $51,550 and half over. The published range runs $37,980 at the tenth percentile to $56,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $41,722, worked from $51,550. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 267 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,635, the adjusted value of that $51,550 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 267 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for carpet installers in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,980 to $56,240; 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.
- The Idaho take-home of $41,722, on $51,550 for work ranking 267 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 267 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $45,635 — the adjusted value of that $51,550 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 267 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 $49,740 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,980 at the bottom tenth to $56,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,635 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 $41,722.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $49,740. 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 ($37,980 to $56,240) 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 $45,635 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 $41,722 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.