Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,887
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,883
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,815
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
$51,770
Kept after tax
$41,887
Worth in national money
$45,815
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $51,770, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.29% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 264 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,770 you keep $41,887, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,815 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, at $51,770 — about 2.29% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ranks 264 of 476 occupations in Idaho by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping on $51,770 is $41,887. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,815 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 $53,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,080 |
| This salary | $51,770 |
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 | $41,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,777 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$766 |
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 | $49,417 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$926 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,770 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,680 and the ninetieth is $64,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $41,887 take-home in Idaho comes from $51,770. 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 264 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,815, the adjusted value of that $51,770 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 264 of 476 in the state.
- The Idaho median of $51,770 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,680 to $64,080. 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 $41,887, from $51,770, 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 264 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $45,815 — the adjusted value of that $51,770 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 264 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,680 at the bottom tenth to $64,080 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,815 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $41,887.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,680 to $64,080) 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 $45,815 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 $41,887 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.