Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,489
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$7,091
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,630
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
$40,580
Kept after tax
$33,489
Worth in national money
$36,630
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $40,580, which ranks 9 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 10.66% above the national middle.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 379. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $40,580 the take-home is $33,489; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,630 would nationally. The average lands at $40,390, below the middle of the range.
- Idaho ranks 9 of 49 states publishing a median for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, at $40,580 — about 10.66% 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.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals ranks 379 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 farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Idaho, on $40,580, is $33,489 — equivalent to $36,630 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 $40,390 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,960 |
| This salary | $40,580 |
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 | $33,489 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,786 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$832 |
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 | $38,965 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,007 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,580 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $24,670 and the ninetieth is $52,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $33,489 take-home in Idaho comes from $40,580. 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 379 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,630 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 379.
- The Idaho median of $40,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $24,670 to $52,960. 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 $33,489, from $40,580, 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 379 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,630, worked from $40,580, 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 379 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $24,670 and the top tenth $52,960, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,630 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Idaho adds its own income tax on top — which is why $33,489 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($24,670 to $52,960) 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 $36,630 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 $33,489 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.