Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,097
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,623
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,670
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
$46,720
Kept after tax
$38,097
Worth in national money
$41,670
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $46,720, ranking 6 of 50 states and sitting about 8.1% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 321 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,720 the take-home is $38,097; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,670 would nationally. The average lands at $46,630, below the middle of the range.
- Idaho's median for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders is $46,720, about 8.1% above the national figure and 6 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 321 of 476 in Idaho places packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 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.
- Post-tax income for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in Idaho, on $46,720, is $38,097 — equivalent to $41,670 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $46,630 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,330 |
| This salary | $46,720 |
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 | $38,097 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,720 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$796 |
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 | $44,700 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$962 |
| 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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in Idaho earn under $46,720 and half over. The published range runs $35,250 at the tenth percentile to $60,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,097 take-home in Idaho comes from $46,720. 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 321 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,670 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 321.
- Figures are distribution medians for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,250 to $60,330; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,097, from $46,720, 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 321 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,670, worked from $46,720, 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 321 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,250 at the tenth percentile, $60,330 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,670 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 $38,097.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,250 to $60,330) 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 $41,670 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 $38,097 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.