Occupational Therapists in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,276
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$24,484
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,149
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
$97,760
Kept after tax
$73,276
Worth in national money
$80,149
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 29 of 51 states for occupational therapists, with a middle wage of $97,760. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Idaho. It ranks 60 out of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $97,760 you keep $73,276, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,149 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $100,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho ranks 29 of 51 for occupational therapists at $97,760. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Idaho, occupational therapists ranks 60 of 476 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for occupational therapists on $97,760 is $73,276. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,149 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $100,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $152,880 |
| This salary | $97,760 |
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 | $73,276 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,604 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$289 |
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 | $91,608 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$399 |
| 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 occupational therapists in Idaho earn under $97,760 and half over. The published range runs $69,440 at the tenth percentile to $152,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $73,276, worked from $97,760. 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 60 of 476.
- Two cautions on $80,149, the adjusted value of that $97,760 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 60 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapists in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $69,440 to $152,880; 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.
- The Idaho take-home of $73,276, on $97,760 for work ranking 60 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 60 of 476 in the state.
- This $80,149 adjusted figure, worked from $97,760, 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 60 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 60 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $69,440, the highest tenth $152,880, 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 $80,149 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 $73,276 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($69,440) and the ninetieth ($152,880) 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 $80,149 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 $73,276 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.