Industrial Engineers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,280
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$25,560
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,340
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
$100,840
Kept after tax
$75,280
Worth in national money
$82,340
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays industrial engineers around $100,840 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, industrial engineers comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,840 the take-home is $75,280; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,340 would nationally. The average comes to $107,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For industrial engineers the Idaho median is $100,840, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Industrial engineers ranks 47 of 476 occupations by median in Idaho, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for industrial engineers in Idaho, on $100,840, is $75,280 — equivalent to $82,340 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 $107,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,390 |
| This salary | $100,840 |
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 | $75,280 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,771 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$250 |
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 | $94,456 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$346 |
| 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 $100,840. The published range is $67,100 up to $149,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $75,280 take-home in Idaho comes from $100,840. 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 47 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,340 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 47.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial engineers in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $67,100 to $149,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $75,280, from $100,840, 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 47 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,340, worked from $100,840, 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 47 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 $107,150, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,100 at the bottom tenth to $149,390 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $82,340 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 $75,280.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $107,150. 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 ($67,100) and the ninetieth ($149,390) 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 $82,340 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 $75,280 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.