Helpers--Production Workers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,732
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,508
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,709
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
$38,240
Kept after tax
$31,732
Worth in national money
$34,709
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for helpers--production workers is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $38,240. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 2.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, helpers--production workers lands at 408. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,240 you keep $31,732, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $34,709 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For helpers--production workers, Idaho sits in the lower band at $38,240, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 2.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 408 of 476 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for helpers--production workers on $38,240 is $31,732. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $34,709 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 $39,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,380 |
| This salary | $38,240 |
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 | $31,732 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,906 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$846 |
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 | $36,780 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,023 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,240 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,460 and the ninetieth is $47,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $31,732, from $38,240, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 408 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,709, the adjusted value of that $38,240 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 408 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $38,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,460 to $47,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,732 from $38,240. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 408 of 476 locally.
- This $34,709 adjusted figure, worked from $38,240, 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 408 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 408 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 $39,950, 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 — $32,460 at the tenth percentile, $47,380 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Idaho sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $34,709 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $31,732 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 $39,950. 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 ($32,460 to $47,380) 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 $34,709 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 $31,732 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.