Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,781
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$5,859
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,574
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
$35,640
Kept after tax
$29,781
Worth in national money
$32,574
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $35,640, ranking 25 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Idaho, this one sits low: 431 of 476 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,640 you keep $29,781 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,574 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $35,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho occupies the middle band for cleaners of vehicles and equipment: a median of $35,640, ranking 25 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Cleaners of vehicles and equipment occupies position 431 of 476 in Idaho's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $29,781 after the full tax stack, from $35,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,574 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,430 |
| This salary | $35,640 |
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 | $29,781 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,817 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$862 |
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 | $34,351 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,042 |
| 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 $35,640. The published range is $26,440 up to $44,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $29,781 take-home in Idaho comes from $35,640. 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 431 of 476.
- Two cautions on $32,574, the adjusted value of that $35,640 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 431 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cleaners of vehicles and equipment in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,440 to $44,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $29,781, from $35,640, 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 431 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- This $32,574 adjusted figure, worked from $35,640, 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 431 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 431 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $26,440 at the tenth percentile, $44,430 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Idaho sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $32,574 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $29,781.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,440 to $44,430) 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 $32,574 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 $29,781 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.