Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,761
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$12,169
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,335
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
$60,930
Kept after tax
$48,761
Worth in national money
$53,335
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $60,930. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 5.34% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 197 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,930 you keep $48,761, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,335 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education, Idaho sits in the lower band at $60,930, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 5.34%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education ranks 197 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education on $60,930 is $48,761. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,335 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 $62,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,070 |
| This salary | $60,930 |
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 | $48,761 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,137 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$711 |
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 | $57,973 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$860 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,930 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,870 and the ninetieth is $79,070 — 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 $48,761, worked from $60,930. 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 197 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,335, the adjusted value of that $60,930 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 197 of 476 in the state.
- The Idaho median of $60,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,870 to $79,070. 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 $48,761, on $60,930 for work ranking 197 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 197 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $53,335 — the adjusted value of that $60,930 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 197 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $62,940, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,870 at the tenth percentile, $79,070 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Idaho sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,335 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $48,761 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Idaho is $62,940. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,870 to $79,070) 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 $53,335 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 $48,761 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.