First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,287
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$18,043
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,036
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
$79,330
Kept after tax
$61,287
Worth in national money
$67,036
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 22 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $79,330. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 106 out of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,330 you keep $61,287, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,036 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $82,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 22 of 49 for first-line supervisors of correctional officers at $79,330. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Idaho, first-line supervisors of correctional officers ranks 106 of 476 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of correctional officers on $79,330 is $61,287. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,036 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 $82,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,680 |
| This salary | $79,330 |
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 | $61,287 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,639 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$518 |
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 | $74,566 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$716 |
| 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 $79,330. The published range is $60,110 up to $105,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $61,287 take-home in Idaho comes from $79,330. 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 106 of 476.
- Two cautions on $67,036, the adjusted value of that $79,330 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Idaho. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 106 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,110 to $105,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $61,287, from $79,330, 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 106 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 49 for it.
- This $67,036 adjusted figure, worked from $79,330, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 106 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 106 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 $82,840, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $60,110 at the tenth percentile, $105,680 at the ninetieth.
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 $67,036 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Idaho's own levy, $61,287 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $82,840. 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 ($60,110 to $105,680) 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 $67,036 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 $61,287 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.