Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,919
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$12,221
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,507
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
$61,140
Kept after tax
$48,919
Worth in national money
$53,507
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $61,140, putting the state 2 of 49 — about 33.87% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 192 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,140 you keep $48,919, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,507 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,460, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For office and administrative support workers, all other, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,140, ranking 2 of 49 and running about 33.87% 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.
- Position 192 of 476 in Idaho places office and administrative support workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for office and administrative support workers, all other on $61,140 is $48,919. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,507 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 $61,460 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,400 |
| This salary | $61,140 |
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 | $48,919 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,306 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$710 |
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 | $58,169 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$858 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,140 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,330 and the ninetieth is $76,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $48,919, worked from $61,140. 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 192 of 476.
- Two cautions on $53,507, the adjusted value of that $61,140 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 192 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $61,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,330 to $76,400. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Idaho take-home of $48,919, on $61,140 for work ranking 192 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 192 of 476 in the state.
- This $53,507 adjusted figure, worked from $61,140, 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 192 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 192 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,330 at the bottom tenth to $76,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $53,507 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 $48,919 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 ($40,330 to $76,400) 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 $53,507 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 $48,919 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.