Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,819
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,861
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,741
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
$51,680
Kept after tax
$41,819
Worth in national money
$45,741
State rank
16
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 $51,680, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 4.98% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 266.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,680 you keep $41,819, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,741 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other, at $51,680 — about 4.98% 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.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other sits at 266 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other on $51,680 is $41,819. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,741 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 $55,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,550 |
| This salary | $51,680 |
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 | $41,819 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,705 |
| 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 | $49,333 |
|---|---|
| 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
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Idaho earn under $51,680 and half over. The published range runs $37,730 at the tenth percentile to $77,550 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,819 take-home in Idaho comes from $51,680. 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 266 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,741 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 266.
- Figures are distribution medians for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,730 to $77,550; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $41,819, from $51,680, 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 266 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,741, worked from $51,680, 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 266 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 $55,780 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,730, the highest tenth $77,550, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $45,741 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, $41,819 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 $55,780. 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 ($37,730) and the ninetieth ($77,550) 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 $45,741 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 $41,819 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.