Correctional Officers and Jailers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,245
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$10,335
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,301
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
$53,580
Kept after tax
$43,245
Worth in national money
$47,301
State rank
27
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 27 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $53,580. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 245 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 $53,580 the take-home is $43,245; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,301 would nationally. The average comes to $57,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho ranks 27 of 49 for correctional officers and jailers at $53,580. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Correctional officers and jailers ranks 245 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 correctional officers and jailers in Idaho, on $53,580, is $43,245 — equivalent to $47,301 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 $57,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Correctional Officers and Jailers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,720 |
| This salary | $53,580 |
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 | $43,245 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$755 |
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 | $51,108 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$913 |
| 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 $53,580. The published range is $45,430 up to $74,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $43,245 take-home in Idaho comes from $53,580. 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 245 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,301, the adjusted value of that $53,580 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 245 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for correctional officers and jailers in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,430 to $74,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $43,245, from $53,580, 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 245 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $47,301 — the adjusted value of that $53,580 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 245 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 $57,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,430 at the bottom tenth to $74,720 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 $47,301.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Idaho's own levy, $43,245 remains.
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.
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 $57,350. 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 ($45,430 to $74,720) 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 $47,301 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 $43,245 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.