Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,851
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,539
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,683
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
$50,390
Kept after tax
$40,851
Worth in national money
$44,683
State rank
31
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 31 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $50,390. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 275 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,390 the take-home is $40,851; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,683 would nationally. The average comes to $51,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho ranks 31 of 49 for community and social service specialists, all other at $50,390. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Community and social service specialists, all other ranks 275 of 476 occupations in Idaho by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for community and social service specialists, all other in Idaho, on $50,390, is $40,851 — equivalent to $44,683 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 $51,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,230 |
| This salary | $50,390 |
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 | $40,851 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,668 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$774 |
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 | $48,128 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$936 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,390 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,900 and the ninetieth is $66,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,851 take-home in Idaho comes from $50,390. 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 275 of 476.
- Two cautions on $44,683, the adjusted value of that $50,390 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 275 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $50,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,900 to $66,230. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $40,851, from $50,390, 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 275 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 49 for it.
- This $44,683 adjusted figure, worked from $50,390, 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 275 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 275 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,900 at the tenth percentile, $66,230 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,683 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 $40,851 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,900 to $66,230) 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 $44,683 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 $40,851 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.