Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,978
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,922
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,071
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
$39,900
Kept after tax
$32,978
Worth in national money
$36,071
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays this job around $39,900 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, this job lands at 390. 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 $39,900 you keep $32,978, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,071 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand the Idaho median is $39,900, ranking 28 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.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 390 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 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand on $39,900 is $32,978. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,071 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 $40,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,250 |
| This salary | $39,900 |
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 | $32,978 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,240 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$836 |
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 | $38,330 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,011 |
| 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 $39,900. The published range is $29,550 up to $49,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $32,978, from $39,900, 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 390 of 476 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,071 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 390.
- Reported values are medians; for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,550 to $49,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,978 from $39,900. 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 390 of 476 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,071, worked from $39,900, 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 390 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,550 at the tenth percentile, $49,250 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $36,071 in national terms.
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 $32,978 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,550 to $49,250) 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 $36,071 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 $32,978 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.