Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,579
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$19,811
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,636
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
$84,390
Kept after tax
$64,579
Worth in national money
$70,636
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $84,390, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 13.52% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, this job comes in at 89 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $84,390 you keep $64,579, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $70,636 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $83,550, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,390, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 13.52% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door ranks 89 of 476 occupations by median in Idaho, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door on $84,390 is $64,579. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $70,636 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 $83,550 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,510 |
| This salary | $84,390 |
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 | $64,579 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,198 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$455 |
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 | $79,245 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$629 |
| 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 $84,390. The published range is $49,820 up to $119,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $64,579, from $84,390, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 89 of 476 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,636, the adjusted value of that $84,390 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 89 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,820 to $119,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,579 from $84,390. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 89 of 476 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $70,636 — the adjusted value of that $84,390 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 89 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,820, the highest tenth $119,510, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $70,636 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 $64,579.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,820) and the ninetieth ($119,510) 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 $70,636 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 $64,579 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.