Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,393
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,387
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,182
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
$49,780
Kept after tax
$40,393
Worth in national money
$44,182
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $49,780, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 5.56% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 282 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,780 you keep $40,393, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,182 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $52,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $49,780, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 5.56% 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.
- Position 282 of 476 in Idaho places exercise trainers and group fitness instructors 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for exercise trainers and group fitness instructors on $49,780 is $40,393. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,182 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $52,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,340 |
| This salary | $49,780 |
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 | $40,393 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,178 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$777 |
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 | $47,558 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$940 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,780 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,170 and the ninetieth is $76,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,393 take-home in Idaho comes from $49,780. 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 282 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,182 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 282.
- The Idaho median of $49,780 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,170 to $76,340. 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 $40,393, from $49,780, 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 282 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,182, worked from $49,780, 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 282 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,410 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,170 at the bottom tenth to $76,340 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $44,182 in national terms.
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 $40,393.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $52,410. 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 ($29,170) and the ninetieth ($76,340) 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 $44,182 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 $40,393 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.