Emergency Management Directors in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,551
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$25,169
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,544
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
$99,720
Kept after tax
$74,551
Worth in national money
$81,544
State rank
15
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $99,720, putting the state 15 of 47 — about 6.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 52 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,720 the take-home is $74,551; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $81,544 would nationally. The average comes to $107,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For emergency management directors, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $99,720, ranking 15 of 47 and running about 6.85% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, emergency management directors sits 52 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.
- Post-tax income for emergency management directors in Idaho, on $99,720, is $74,551 — equivalent to $81,544 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 $107,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Emergency Management Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,000 |
| This salary | $99,720 |
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 | $74,551 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,983 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$264 |
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 | $93,420 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$365 |
| 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 $99,720. The published range is $77,310 up to $137,000, 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 $74,551, worked from $99,720. 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 52 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,544, the adjusted value of that $99,720 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 52 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for emergency management directors in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,310 to $137,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $74,551, on $99,720 for work ranking 52 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 52 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $81,544 — the adjusted value of that $99,720 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 52 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 $107,170, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,310 at the tenth percentile, $137,000 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $81,544 in national terms.
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, $74,551 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 $107,170. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,310 to $137,000) 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 $81,544 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 $74,551 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.