Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,457
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,743
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,064
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
$47,200
Kept after tax
$38,457
Worth in national money
$42,064
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 32 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 313 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 $47,200 you keep $38,457, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,064 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $50,720, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 32 of 49 for insurance claims and policy processing clerks at $47,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ranks 313 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 insurance claims and policy processing clerks on $47,200 is $38,457. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,064 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 $50,720 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,980 |
| This salary | $47,200 |
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 | $38,457 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$793 |
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 | $45,149 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$959 |
| 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 $47,200. The published range is $36,380 up to $65,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $38,457, worked from $47,200. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 313 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,064, the adjusted value of that $47,200 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 313 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance claims and policy processing clerks in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,380 to $65,980. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $38,457, on $47,200 for work ranking 313 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 313 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $42,064 — the adjusted value of that $47,200 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 313 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 $50,720, 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 — $36,380 at the tenth percentile, $65,980 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 $42,064.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Idaho adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,457 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $50,720. 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 ($36,380 to $65,980) 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 $42,064 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 $38,457 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.