Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,445
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,745
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,489
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
$39,190
Kept after tax
$32,445
Worth in national money
$35,489
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $39,190, ranking 47 of 50 states — about 18.03% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 399. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,190 you keep $32,445, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,489 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 47 of 50 for computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers, with a median of $39,190 — about 18.03% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ranks 399 of 476, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers on $39,190 is $32,445. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,489 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 $40,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,750 |
| This salary | $39,190 |
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 | $32,445 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,669 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$841 |
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 | $37,667 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,017 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,190 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,980 and the ninetieth is $53,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,445 take-home in Idaho comes from $39,190. 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 399 of 476.
- Two cautions on $35,489, the adjusted value of that $39,190 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 399 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $39,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,980 to $53,750. 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 $32,445, from $39,190, 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 399 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- This $35,489 adjusted figure, worked from $39,190, 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 399 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 399 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,980 at the bottom tenth to $53,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $35,489.
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 $32,445.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $40,850. 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 ($31,980 to $53,750) 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 $35,489 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 $32,445 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.