Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,915
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$12,885
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,691
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
$63,800
Kept after tax
$50,915
Worth in national money
$55,691
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 25 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $63,800. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 160 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,800 you keep $50,915 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,691 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho ranks 25 of 51 for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses at $63,800. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ranks 160 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.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $50,915 after the full tax stack, from $63,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,691 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,860 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,850 |
| This salary | $63,800 |
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 | $50,915 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,443 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$694 |
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 | $60,654 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$839 |
| 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 $63,800. The published range is $47,890 up to $77,850, 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 $50,915, worked from $63,800. 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 160 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,691, the adjusted value of that $63,800 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 160 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,890 to $77,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $50,915, on $63,800 for work ranking 160 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 160 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $55,691 — the adjusted value of that $63,800 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 160 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,890 and the top tenth $77,850, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $55,691.
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, $50,915 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,890 to $77,850) 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 $55,691 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 $50,915 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.