Dentists, General in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,421
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$33,769
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,902
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
$124,190
Kept after tax
$90,421
Worth in national money
$98,902
State rank
46
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is among the lower-paying states for dentists, general. The middle earner takes $124,190, ranking 46 of 47 states — about 27.35% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, dentists, general ranks 22 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $124,190 you keep $90,421, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $98,902 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $139,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 46 of 47 for dentists, general, with a median of $124,190 — about 27.35% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, dentists, general sits 22 of 476 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for dentists, general on $124,190 is $90,421. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $98,902 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 $139,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $91,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $203,610 |
| This salary | $124,190 |
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 | $90,421 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,150 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$43 |
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 | $115,979 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$61 |
| 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 $124,190. The published range is $91,070 up to $203,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $90,421, worked from $124,190. 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 22 of 476.
- Two cautions on $98,902, the adjusted value of that $124,190 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Idaho. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 22 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dentists, general in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $91,070 to $203,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $90,421, on $124,190 for work ranking 22 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 22 of 476 in the state.
- This $98,902 adjusted figure, worked from $124,190, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 22 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 22 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 $139,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $91,070 and the top tenth $203,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $98,902.
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, $90,421 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 $139,320. 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 ($91,070) and the ninetieth ($203,610) 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 $98,902 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 $90,421 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.