Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,453
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,747
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,497
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
$39,200
Kept after tax
$32,453
Worth in national money
$35,497
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 20 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $39,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 398. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $39,200 the take-home is $32,453; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,497 would nationally. The average lands at $38,780, below the middle of the range.
- Idaho ranks 20 of 50 for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers at $39,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ranks 398 of 476, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Idaho, on $39,200, is $32,453 — equivalent to $35,497 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $38,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,530 |
| This salary | $39,200 |
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 | $32,453 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,677 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$841 |
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 | $37,676 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,017 |
| 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 meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Idaho earn under $39,200 and half over. The published range runs $31,200 at the tenth percentile to $44,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $32,453, worked from $39,200. 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 398 of 476.
- Two cautions on $35,497, the adjusted value of that $39,200 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Idaho. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 398 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,200 to $44,530; 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.
- The Idaho take-home of $32,453, on $39,200 for work ranking 398 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 398 of 476 in the state.
- This $35,497 adjusted figure, worked from $39,200, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 398 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 398 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $44,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $35,497 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, $32,453 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $44,530) 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 $35,497 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 $32,453 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.