Financial Managers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,325
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$34,885
27.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,985
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
$127,210
Kept after tax
$92,325
Worth in national money
$100,985
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for financial managers is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $127,210. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 23.63% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, financial managers ranks 18 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $127,210 the take-home is $92,325; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $100,985 would nationally. The average comes to $142,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial managers, Idaho sits in the lower band at $127,210, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 23.63%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, financial managers sits 18 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 financial managers in Idaho, on $127,210, is $92,325 — equivalent to $100,985 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 $142,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,230 |
| This salary | $127,210 |
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 | $92,325 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,214 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$85 |
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 | $118,685 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$120 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $127,210 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,890 and the ninetieth is $213,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $92,325 take-home in Idaho comes from $127,210. 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 18 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $100,985 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 18.
- The Idaho median of $127,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,890 to $213,230. 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 $92,325, from $127,210, 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 18 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $100,985, worked from $127,210, 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 18 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $142,420, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $76,890 and the top tenth $213,230 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $100,985 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $92,325 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $142,420. 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 ($76,890) and the ninetieth ($213,230) 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 $100,985 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 $92,325 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.