Parts Salespersons in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,491
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,089
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,913
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
$44,580
Kept after tax
$36,491
Worth in national money
$39,913
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 20 of 50 states for parts salespersons, with a middle wage of $44,580. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Parts salespersons ranks 348 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,580 you keep $36,491 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $39,913 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,670, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho ranks 20 of 50 for parts salespersons at $44,580. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 348 of 476 in Idaho places parts salespersons 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.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $36,491 after the full tax stack, from $44,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,913 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,670 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,090 |
| This salary | $44,580 |
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 | $36,491 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,000 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$808 |
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 | $42,701 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$978 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,580 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,180 and the ninetieth is $63,090 — 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 $36,491, worked from $44,580. 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 348 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,913 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 348.
- The Idaho median of $44,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,180 to $63,090. 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 $36,491, on $44,580 for work ranking 348 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 348 of 476 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,913, worked from $44,580, 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 348 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 $46,670, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,180 at the bottom tenth to $63,090 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $39,913 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 $36,491 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $46,670. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,180) and the ninetieth ($63,090) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $39,913 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 $36,491 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.