Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,866
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,544
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,699
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
$50,410
Kept after tax
$40,866
Worth in national money
$44,699
State rank
9
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $50,410, putting the state 9 of 45 — about 6.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 274.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,410 you keep $40,866 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,699 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $51,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- For multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $50,410, ranking 9 of 45 and running about 6.85% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic sits at 274 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.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $40,866 after the full tax stack, from $50,410. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,699 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,510 |
| This salary | $50,410 |
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 | $40,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$774 |
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 | $48,147 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$936 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Idaho earn less than $50,410. The published range is $37,240 up to $64,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $40,866, worked from $50,410. 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 274 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,699 uses one figure for the whole of Idaho. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 476 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 274.
- Reported values are medians; for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,240 to $64,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Idaho take-home of $40,866, on $50,410 for work ranking 274 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 274 of 476 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,699, worked from $50,410, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Idaho address, on work sitting at 274 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,240 at the bottom tenth to $64,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $44,699 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Idaho then takes its own share, leaving $40,866.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,240 to $64,510) 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 $44,699 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 $40,866 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.