Order Clerks in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,136
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,974
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,244
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
$40,110
Kept after tax
$33,136
Worth in national money
$36,244
State rank
45
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for order clerks is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $40,110. That is 45 of 48 states, and about 13.13% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, order clerks lands at 386. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $40,110 you keep $33,136, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,244 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For order clerks, Idaho sits in the lower band at $40,110, ranking 45 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 13.13%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 386 of 476 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for order clerks on $40,110 is $33,136. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,244 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 $44,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,380 |
| This salary | $40,110 |
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 | $33,136 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,408 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$835 |
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 | $38,526 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,010 |
| 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 order clerks in Idaho earn under $40,110 and half over. The published range runs $36,150 at the tenth percentile to $60,380 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 $33,136, worked from $40,110. 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 386 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,244 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 386.
- Figures are distribution medians for order clerks in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,150 to $60,380; 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 $33,136, on $40,110 for work ranking 386 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 386 of 476 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,244, worked from $40,110, 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 386 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 $44,520, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,150 and the top tenth $60,380, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,244 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 $33,136.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $44,520. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,150 to $60,380) 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 $36,244 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 $33,136 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.