Medical Assistants in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,581
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,119
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,012
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
$44,700
Kept after tax
$36,581
Worth in national money
$40,012
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho sits in the middle of the pack for medical assistants. The median is $44,700, ranking 30 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical assistants ranks 346 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,700 the take-home is $36,581; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,012 would nationally. The average lands at $44,240, below the middle of the range.
- Idaho occupies the middle band for medical assistants: a median of $44,700, ranking 30 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 346 of 476 in Idaho places medical assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for medical assistants in Idaho, on $44,700, is $36,581 — equivalent to $40,012 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 $44,240 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,740 |
| This salary | $44,700 |
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 | $36,581 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,096 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$808 |
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 | $42,814 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$977 |
| 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 $44,700. The published range is $35,500 up to $56,740, 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 $36,581, worked from $44,700. 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 346 of 476.
- Two cautions on $40,012, the adjusted value of that $44,700 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 346 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical assistants in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,500 to $56,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $36,581, on $44,700 for work ranking 346 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 346 of 476 in the state.
- This $40,012 adjusted figure, worked from $44,700, 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 346 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 346 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,500 and the top tenth $56,740, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,012 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 $36,581 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 ($35,500 to $56,740) 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 $40,012 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 $36,581 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.