Healthcare Social Workers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,146
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$16,354
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,599
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
$74,500
Kept after tax
$58,146
Worth in national money
$63,599
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for healthcare social workers is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $74,500, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 9.75% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 123.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,500 you keep $58,146 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $63,599 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $71,470.
- For healthcare social workers, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $74,500, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 9.75% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, healthcare social workers sits at 123 of 476 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $58,146 after the full tax stack, from $74,500. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $63,599 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $71,470 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,670 |
| This salary | $74,500 |
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 | $58,146 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,241 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$578 |
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 | $70,100 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$799 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,500 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,950 and the ninetieth is $97,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $58,146 take-home in Idaho comes from $74,500. 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 123 of 476.
- Two cautions on $63,599, the adjusted value of that $74,500 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 123 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $74,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,950 to $97,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $58,146, from $74,500, 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 123 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- This $63,599 adjusted figure, worked from $74,500, 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 123 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 123 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 $71,470, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,950 at the tenth percentile, $97,670 at the ninetieth.
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 $63,599.
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, $58,146 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $71,470. 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 ($50,950 to $97,670) 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 $63,599 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 $58,146 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.