Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,125
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,965
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,794
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
$48,090
Kept after tax
$39,125
Worth in national money
$42,794
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for loan interviewers and clerks is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $48,090. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 3.86% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 303.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,090 you keep $39,125, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,794 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $49,280, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For loan interviewers and clerks, Idaho sits in the lower band at $48,090, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.86%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 303 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 loan interviewers and clerks on $48,090 is $39,125. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,794 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 $49,280 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,710 |
| This salary | $48,090 |
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 | $39,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,820 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$787 |
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 | $45,980 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$952 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,090 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,810 and the ninetieth is $62,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $39,125, worked from $48,090. 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 303 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,794 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 303.
- The Idaho median of $48,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,810 to $62,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Idaho take-home of $39,125, on $48,090 for work ranking 303 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 303 of 476 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,794, worked from $48,090, 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 303 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,810 at the tenth percentile, $62,710 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 $42,794 in national terms.
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, $39,125 remains.
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 ($36,810 to $62,710) 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 $42,794 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 $39,125 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.