Database Architects in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,641
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$32,739
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,955
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
$121,380
Kept after tax
$88,641
Worth in national money
$96,955
State rank
35
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database architects is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $121,380. That is 35 of 46 states, and about 12.99% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 23 out of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $121,380 the take-home is $88,641; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $96,955 would nationally. The average comes to $131,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For database architects, Idaho sits in the lower band at $121,380, ranking 35 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 12.99%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Idaho, database architects ranks 23 of 476 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for database architects in Idaho, on $121,380, is $88,641 — equivalent to $96,955 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 $131,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $187,440 |
| This salary | $121,380 |
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 | $88,641 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,221 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5 |
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 | $113,448 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of database architects in Idaho earn under $121,380 and half over. The published range runs $79,140 at the tenth percentile to $187,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $88,641, worked from $121,380. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 23 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $96,955 uses one figure for the whole of Idaho. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 476 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 23.
- Figures are distribution medians for database architects in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $79,140 to $187,440; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Idaho take-home of $88,641, on $121,380 for work ranking 23 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 23 of 476 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $96,955, worked from $121,380, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Idaho address, on work sitting at 23 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $131,490 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $79,140, the highest tenth $187,440, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $96,955 in national terms.
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, $88,641 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 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 $131,490. 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 ($79,140) and the ninetieth ($187,440) 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 $96,955 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 $88,641 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.