Electrical Engineers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,668
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$35,672
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,454
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
$129,340
Kept after tax
$93,668
Worth in national money
$102,454
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is one of the better-paying states for electrical engineers. The middle earner takes $129,340, which ranks 7 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.22% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 16 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 $129,340 you keep $93,668 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $102,454 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $126,200.
- Idaho ranks 7 of 49 states publishing a median for electrical engineers, at $129,340 — about 7.22% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Idaho, electrical engineers ranks 16 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 $93,668 after the full tax stack, from $129,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $102,454 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $126,200 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,410 |
| This salary | $129,340 |
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 | $93,668 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,670 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$114 |
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 | $120,594 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$162 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $129,340 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $77,070 and the ninetieth is $165,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $93,668 take-home in Idaho comes from $129,340. 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 16 of 476.
- Two cautions on $102,454, the adjusted value of that $129,340 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 16 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $129,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $77,070 to $165,410. 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 $93,668, from $129,340, 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 16 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 49 for it.
- This $102,454 adjusted figure, worked from $129,340, 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 16 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 16 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $77,070 and the top tenth $165,410, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $102,454.
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, $93,668 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,070 to $165,410) 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 $102,454 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 $93,668 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.