Computer User Support Specialists in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,440
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$11,730
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,890
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
$59,170
Kept after tax
$47,440
Worth in national money
$51,890
State rank
30
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 $59,170, ranking 30 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 217 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,170 you keep $47,440, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $51,890 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,670, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho occupies the middle band for computer user support specialists: a median of $59,170, ranking 30 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.
- Computer user support specialists ranks 217 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for computer user support specialists on $59,170 is $47,440. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $51,890 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 $62,670 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,020 |
| This salary | $59,170 |
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 | $47,440 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,723 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$721 |
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 | $56,329 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$872 |
| 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 $59,170. The published range is $41,380 up to $88,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,440 take-home in Idaho comes from $59,170. 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 217 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,890, the adjusted value of that $59,170 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 217 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for computer user support specialists in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,380 to $88,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,440, from $59,170, 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 217 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $51,890 — the adjusted value of that $59,170 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 217 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $62,670, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,380, the highest tenth $88,020, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $51,890.
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 $47,440.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $62,670. 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 ($41,380) and the ninetieth ($88,020) 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 $51,890 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 $47,440 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.