General and Operations Managers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,977
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$18,413
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,790
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
$80,390
Kept after tax
$61,977
Worth in national money
$67,790
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $80,390, 48 of 51 states and about 24% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 101 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,390 the take-home is $61,977; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,790 would nationally. The average comes to $97,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho's $80,390 median for general and operations managers places it 48 of 51 states, about 24% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, general and operations managers sits 101 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 general and operations managers in Idaho, on $80,390, is $61,977 — equivalent to $67,790 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 $97,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,990 |
| This salary | $80,390 |
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 | $61,977 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,384 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$505 |
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 | $75,547 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$697 |
| 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 general and operations managers in Idaho earn under $80,390 and half over. The published range runs $41,920 at the tenth percentile to $170,990 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 $61,977, worked from $80,390. 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 101 of 476.
- Two cautions on $67,790, the adjusted value of that $80,390 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 101 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for general and operations managers in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,920 to $170,990; 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 $61,977, on $80,390 for work ranking 101 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 101 of 476 in the state.
- This $67,790 adjusted figure, worked from $80,390, 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 101 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 101 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 $97,980, 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 $41,920 and the top tenth $170,990 — 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 $67,790.
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 $61,977 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 $97,980. 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 ($41,920) and the ninetieth ($170,990) 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 $67,790 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 $61,977 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.