Chief Executives in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$123,850
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$53,360
30.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$135,466
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
$177,210
Kept after tax
$123,850
Worth in national money
$135,466
State rank
28
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays chief executives around $177,210 at the midpoint, 28 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 4 out of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $177,210 you keep $123,850 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $135,466 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $221,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- For chief executives the Idaho median is $177,210, ranking 28 of 46 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.
- Within Idaho, chief executives ranks 4 of 476 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $123,850 after the full tax stack, from $177,210. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $135,466 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $221,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chief Executives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $103,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $177,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $403,230 |
| This salary | $177,210 |
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 | $123,850 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $132,389 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$771 |
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 | $164,717 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,097 |
| 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 $177,210. The published range is $103,360 up to $403,230, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $123,850 take-home in Idaho comes from $177,210. 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 4 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $135,466 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 4.
- Reported values are medians; for chief executives in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $103,360 to $403,230. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $123,850, from $177,210, 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 4 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $135,466, worked from $177,210, 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 4 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 $221,580 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $103,360, the highest tenth $403,230, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $135,466 in national terms.
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 $123,850 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $221,580. 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 ($103,360) and the ninetieth ($403,230) 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 $135,466 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 $123,850 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.