First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,829
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$16,721
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,346
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
$75,550
Kept after tax
$58,829
Worth in national money
$64,346
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $75,550, ranking 40 of 51 states — about 5.47% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 117 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $75,550 you keep $58,829, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,346 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 40 of 51 for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, with a median of $75,550 — about 5.47% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers sits 117 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers on $75,550 is $58,829. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,346 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 $78,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,430 |
| This salary | $75,550 |
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 | $58,829 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,979 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$565 |
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 | $71,071 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$780 |
| 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 $75,550. The published range is $54,700 up to $104,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,829 take-home in Idaho comes from $75,550. 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 117 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,346, the adjusted value of that $75,550 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 117 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,700 to $104,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,829, from $75,550, 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 117 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $64,346 — the adjusted value of that $75,550 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 117 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $78,390, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $54,700 at the bottom tenth to $104,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $64,346.
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 $58,829 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 $78,390. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,700 to $104,430) 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 $64,346 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 $58,829 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.