Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,573
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,117
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,003
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
$44,690
Kept after tax
$36,573
Worth in national money
$40,003
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $44,690. That is 45 of 49 states, and about 8.78% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 347 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,690 the take-home is $36,573; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,003 would nationally. The average comes to $45,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, Idaho sits in the lower band at $44,690, ranking 45 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 8.78%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 347 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.
- Post-tax income for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Idaho, on $44,690, is $36,573 — equivalent to $40,003 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 $45,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,800 |
| This salary | $44,690 |
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 | $36,573 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,088 |
| 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 | $42,804 |
|---|---|
| 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
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Idaho earn under $44,690 and half over. The published range runs $37,990 at the tenth percentile to $54,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $36,573, from $44,690, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 347 of 476 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,003, the adjusted value of that $44,690 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 347 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,990 to $54,800; 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.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,573 from $44,690. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 347 of 476 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $40,003 — the adjusted value of that $44,690 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 347 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,990 and the top tenth $54,800, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,003 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $36,573 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,990 to $54,800) 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 $40,003 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 $36,573 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.