Occupational Therapy Assistants in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,063
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$13,267
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,947
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
$65,330
Kept after tax
$52,063
Worth in national money
$56,947
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays this job around $65,330 at the midpoint, 32 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 149.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $65,330 you keep $52,063 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,947 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $66,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational therapy assistants the Idaho median is $65,330, ranking 32 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, occupational therapy assistants sits at 149 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 $52,063 after the full tax stack, from $65,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,947 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $66,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,720 |
| This salary | $65,330 |
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 | $52,063 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,673 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$685 |
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 | $62,083 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$828 |
| 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 $65,330. The published range is $59,820 up to $74,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $52,063 take-home in Idaho comes from $65,330. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 149 of 476.
- Two cautions on $56,947, the adjusted value of that $65,330 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 149 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,820 to $74,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $52,063, from $65,330, assumes a single Idaho filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 149 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 50 for it.
- This $56,947 adjusted figure, worked from $65,330, 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 149 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 149 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $59,820 at the bottom tenth to $74,720 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 $56,947 in national terms.
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, $52,063 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,820 to $74,720) 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 $56,947 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 $52,063 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.