Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,286
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$11,014
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,534
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
$56,300
Kept after tax
$45,286
Worth in national money
$49,534
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $56,300, 40 of 50 states and about 17.23% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 234 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,300 the take-home is $45,286; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,534 would nationally. The average comes to $68,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho's $56,300 median for health information technologists and medical registrars places it 40 of 50 states, about 17.23% 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.
- Position 234 of 476 in Idaho places health information technologists and medical registrars in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for health information technologists and medical registrars in Idaho, on $56,300, is $45,286 — equivalent to $49,534 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 $68,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,580 |
| This salary | $56,300 |
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 | $45,286 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,417 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$738 |
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 | $53,648 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$893 |
| 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 $56,300. The published range is $40,300 up to $98,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $45,286, worked from $56,300. 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 234 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,534 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 234.
- Reported values are medians; for health information technologists and medical registrars in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,300 to $98,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $45,286, on $56,300 for work ranking 234 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 234 of 476 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,534, worked from $56,300, 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 234 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $68,180 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,300 and the top tenth $98,580 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $49,534 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Idaho then takes its own share, leaving $45,286.
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 $68,180. 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 ($40,300) and the ninetieth ($98,580) 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 $49,534 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 $45,286 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.