First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,939
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$22,691
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,499
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
$92,630
Kept after tax
$69,939
Worth in national money
$76,499
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 20 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $92,630. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 74 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $92,630 you keep $69,939, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $76,499 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $88,760, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Idaho ranks 20 of 50 for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers at $92,630. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers sits 74 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 firefighting and prevention workers on $92,630 is $69,939. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $76,499 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 $88,760 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,650 |
| This salary | $92,630 |
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 | $69,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,995 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$353 |
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 | $86,864 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$487 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Idaho earn under $92,630 and half over. The published range runs $49,010 at the tenth percentile to $129,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $69,939, worked from $92,630. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 74 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,499, the adjusted value of that $92,630 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 74 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,010 to $129,650; 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.
- The Idaho take-home of $69,939, on $92,630 for work ranking 74 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 74 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $76,499 — the adjusted value of that $92,630 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 74 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 $88,760, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,010 and the top tenth $129,650 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $76,499.
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, $69,939 remains.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $88,760. 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 ($49,010) and the ninetieth ($129,650) 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 $76,499 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 $69,939 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.