Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,746
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,174
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,192
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
$44,920
Kept after tax
$36,746
Worth in national money
$40,192
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $44,920, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 341.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,920 you keep $36,746, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,192 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $44,880, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Idaho occupies the middle band for medical secretaries and administrative assistants: a median of $44,920, ranking 27 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.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, medical secretaries and administrative assistants sits at 341 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 medical secretaries and administrative assistants on $44,920 is $36,746. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,192 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 $44,880 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,870 |
| This salary | $44,920 |
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 | $36,746 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,273 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$806 |
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 | $43,019 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$975 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,920 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,360 and the ninetieth is $57,870 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,746 take-home in Idaho comes from $44,920. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 341 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,192, the adjusted value of that $44,920 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 341 of 476 in the state.
- The Idaho median of $44,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,360 to $57,870. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $36,746, from $44,920, assumes a single Idaho filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 341 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $40,192 — the adjusted value of that $44,920 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 341 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,360 and the top tenth $57,870, 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 $40,192.
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 $36,746 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 ($35,360 to $57,870) 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 $40,192 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 $36,746 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.