Dental Hygienists in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,253
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$23,397
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,936
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
$94,650
Kept after tax
$71,253
Worth in national money
$77,936
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays dental hygienists around $94,650 at the midpoint, 29 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 66 out of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,650 you keep $71,253 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,936 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $95,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dental hygienists the Idaho median is $94,650, ranking 29 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Idaho, dental hygienists ranks 66 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.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $71,253 after the full tax stack, from $94,650. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,936 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $95,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,340 |
| This salary | $94,650 |
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 | $71,253 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,416 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$327 |
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 | $88,732 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$452 |
| 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 $94,650. The published range is $85,610 up to $103,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $71,253 take-home in Idaho comes from $94,650. 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 66 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,936 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 66.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $85,610 to $103,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $71,253, from $94,650, 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 66 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,936, worked from $94,650, 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 66 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $85,610 at the bottom tenth to $103,340 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $77,936 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $71,253 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($85,610 to $103,340) 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 $77,936 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 $71,253 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.