Natural Sciences Managers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,806
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$33,994
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$99,323
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
$124,800
Kept after tax
$90,806
Worth in national money
$99,323
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is among the lower-paying states for natural sciences managers. The middle earner takes $124,800, ranking 34 of 48 states — about 25.37% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Idaho this is well-paid work. Of 476 occupations with published figures in the state, natural sciences managers ranks 20 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $124,800 you keep $90,806 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $99,323 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $138,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho ranks 34 of 48 for natural sciences managers, with a median of $124,800 — about 25.37% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Idaho publishes a median for, natural sciences managers sits 20 of 476 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $90,806 after the full tax stack, from $124,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $99,323 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $138,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $204,550 |
| This salary | $124,800 |
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 | $90,806 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,567 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$52 |
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 | $116,526 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$73 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $124,800 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,790 and the ninetieth is $204,550 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $90,806, from $124,800, 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 20 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $99,323, the adjusted value of that $124,800 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 20 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $124,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,790 to $204,550. 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 $90,806 from $124,800. 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 20 of 476 locally.
- This $99,323 adjusted figure, worked from $124,800, 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 20 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 20 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $138,690, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $80,790 and the top tenth $204,550 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $99,323 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $90,806.
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.
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 $138,690. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($80,790) and the ninetieth ($204,550) 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 $99,323 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 $90,806 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.