Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,763
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$11,837
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,243
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
$59,600
Kept after tax
$47,763
Worth in national money
$52,243
State rank
13
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $59,600, ranking 13 of 47 states and sitting about 5.39% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 214 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,600 you keep $47,763, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,243 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $58,750, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Idaho's median for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians is $59,600, about 5.39% above the national figure and 13 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 214 of 476 occupations in Idaho by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians on $59,600 is $47,763. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,243 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 $58,750 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,330 |
| This salary | $59,600 |
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 | $47,763 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,069 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$719 |
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 | $56,731 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$869 |
| 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 farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Idaho earn under $59,600 and half over. The published range runs $42,200 at the tenth percentile to $78,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $47,763, from $59,600, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 214 of 476 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,243 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 214.
- Figures are distribution medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,200 to $78,330; 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.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,763 from $59,600. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 214 of 476 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,243, worked from $59,600, 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 214 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,200 at the tenth percentile, $78,330 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,243 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 $47,763.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,200 to $78,330) 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 $52,243 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 $47,763 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.