Packers and Packagers, Hand in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,742
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$6,178
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,625
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
$36,920
Kept after tax
$30,742
Worth in national money
$33,625
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 20 of 51 states for packers and packagers, hand, with a middle wage of $36,920. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, packers and packagers, hand ranks 422. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,920 you keep $30,742, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,625 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $36,660, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Idaho ranks 20 of 51 for packers and packagers, hand at $36,920. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, packers and packagers, hand ranks 422 of 476, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for packers and packagers, hand on $36,920 is $30,742. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,625 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 $36,660 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,150 |
| This salary | $36,920 |
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 | $30,742 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,845 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$854 |
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 | $35,547 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,033 |
| 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 $36,920. The published range is $23,000 up to $48,150, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,742 take-home in Idaho comes from $36,920. 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 422 of 476.
- Two cautions on $33,625, the adjusted value of that $36,920 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 422 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for packers and packagers, hand in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $23,000 to $48,150. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,742, from $36,920, 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 422 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- This $33,625 adjusted figure, worked from $36,920, 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 422 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 422 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $23,000 at the tenth percentile, $48,150 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 $33,625 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 $30,742.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($23,000 to $48,150) 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 $33,625 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 $30,742 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.