Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,356
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$13,364
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,267
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
$65,720
Kept after tax
$52,356
Worth in national money
$57,267
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $65,720, ranking 34 of 49 states — about 12.78% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 146 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,720 the take-home is $52,356; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,267 would nationally. The average comes to $74,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho ranks 34 of 49 for education teachers, postsecondary, with a median of $65,720 — about 12.78% 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.
- Position 146 of 476 in Idaho places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for education teachers, postsecondary in Idaho, on $65,720, is $52,356 — equivalent to $57,267 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 $74,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,880 |
| This salary | $65,720 |
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 | $52,356 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,986 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$682 |
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 | $62,447 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$832 |
| 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 education teachers, postsecondary in Idaho earn under $65,720 and half over. The published range runs $29,990 at the tenth percentile to $128,880 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 $52,356, worked from $65,720. 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 146 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,267, the adjusted value of that $65,720 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 146 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for education teachers, postsecondary in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,990 to $128,880; 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 $52,356, on $65,720 for work ranking 146 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 146 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $57,267 — the adjusted value of that $65,720 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 146 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $74,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $29,990 and the top tenth $128,880 — 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 $57,267 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Idaho then takes its own share, leaving $52,356.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $74,240. 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 ($29,990) and the ninetieth ($128,880) 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 $57,267 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 $52,356 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.