Motorcycle Mechanics in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,658
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$7,812
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,002
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
$43,470
Kept after tax
$35,658
Worth in national money
$39,002
State rank
39
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays motorcycle mechanics a middle wage of $43,470, 39 of 45 states and about 10.52% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 357 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 $43,470 the take-home is $35,658; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,002 would nationally. The average comes to $43,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho's $43,470 median for motorcycle mechanics places it 39 of 45 states, about 10.52% 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.
- Motorcycle mechanics ranks 357 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 motorcycle mechanics in Idaho, on $43,470, is $35,658 — equivalent to $39,002 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 $43,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motorcycle Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,800 |
| This salary | $43,470 |
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 | $35,658 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,108 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$815 |
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 | $41,665 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$986 |
| 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 motorcycle mechanics in Idaho earn under $43,470 and half over. The published range runs $28,720 at the tenth percentile to $72,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $35,658, from $43,470, 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 357 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,002, the adjusted value of that $43,470 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 357 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorcycle mechanics in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,720 to $72,800; 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 $35,658 from $43,470. 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 357 of 476 locally.
- This $39,002 adjusted figure, worked from $43,470, 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 357 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 357 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $28,720, the highest tenth $72,800, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $39,002 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 $35,658 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,720) and the ninetieth ($72,800) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $39,002 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 $35,658 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.