Emergency Medical Technicians in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,183
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,657
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,201
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
$38,840
Kept after tax
$32,183
Worth in national money
$35,201
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $38,840, 38 of 51 states and about 12.66% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 400. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $38,840 the take-home is $32,183; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,201 would nationally. The average comes to $39,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho's $38,840 median for emergency medical technicians places it 38 of 51 states, about 12.66% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, emergency medical technicians ranks 400 of 476, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for emergency medical technicians in Idaho, on $38,840, is $32,183 — equivalent to $35,201 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 $39,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Emergency Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,140 |
| This salary | $38,840 |
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 | $32,183 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,388 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$843 |
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 | $37,340 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,019 |
| 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 $38,840. The published range is $27,180 up to $51,140, 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 $32,183, worked from $38,840. 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 400 of 476.
- Two cautions on $35,201, the adjusted value of that $38,840 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 400 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for emergency medical technicians in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,180 to $51,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $32,183, on $38,840 for work ranking 400 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 400 of 476 in the state.
- This $35,201 adjusted figure, worked from $38,840, 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 400 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 400 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $27,180 at the tenth percentile, $51,140 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 $35,201 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, $32,183 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,180 to $51,140) 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 $35,201 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 $32,183 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.