Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,514
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$25,686
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,597
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
$101,200
Kept after tax
$75,514
Worth in national money
$82,597
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $101,200, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 45 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 $101,200 you keep $75,514 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,597 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $110,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho occupies the middle band for education administrators, postsecondary: a median of $101,200, ranking 33 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Idaho, education administrators, postsecondary ranks 45 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 $75,514 after the full tax stack, from $101,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,597 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $110,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,370 |
| This salary | $101,200 |
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 | $75,514 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,024 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$246 |
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 | $94,789 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$340 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,200 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,260 and the ninetieth is $169,370 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $75,514 take-home in Idaho comes from $101,200. 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 45 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,597 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 45.
- The Idaho median of $101,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,260 to $169,370. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $75,514, from $101,200, 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 45 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,597, worked from $101,200, 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 45 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 $110,770, 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 $62,260 and the top tenth $169,370 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $82,597 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Idaho adds its own income tax on top — which is why $75,514 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $110,770. 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 ($62,260) and the ninetieth ($169,370) 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 $82,597 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 $75,514 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.