Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,020
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$7,600
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,304
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
$42,620
Kept after tax
$35,020
Worth in national money
$38,304
State rank
41
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $42,620, 41 of 48 states and about 7.69% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 364. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $42,620 you keep $35,020 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,304 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho's $42,620 median for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic places it 41 of 48 states, about 7.69% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ranks 364 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.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $35,020 after the full tax stack, from $42,620. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,304 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,070 |
| This salary | $42,620 |
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 | $35,020 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,425 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$820 |
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 | $40,871 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$992 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,620 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,940 and the ninetieth is $49,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $35,020, from $42,620, 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 364 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $38,304, the adjusted value of that $42,620 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 364 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $42,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,940 to $49,070. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,020 from $42,620. 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 364 of 476 locally.
- This $38,304 adjusted figure, worked from $42,620, 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 364 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 364 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,940 at the tenth percentile, $49,070 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 $38,304 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, $35,020 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,940 to $49,070) 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 $38,304 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 $35,020 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.