Pharmacists in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$103,479
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$41,421
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$113,184
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
$144,900
Kept after tax
$103,479
Worth in national money
$113,184
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Idaho is one of the better-paying states for pharmacists. The middle earner takes $144,900, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.83% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, pharmacists comes in at 7 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $144,900 you keep $103,479 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $113,184 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $139,410.
- Idaho ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for pharmacists, at $144,900 — about 2.83% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Pharmacists ranks 7 of 476 occupations by median in Idaho, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $103,479 after the full tax stack, from $144,900. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $113,184 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $139,410 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $144,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,050 |
| This salary | $144,900 |
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 | $103,479 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $110,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$328 |
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 | $134,913 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$466 |
| 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 $144,900. The published range is $102,180 up to $164,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $103,479 take-home in Idaho comes from $144,900. 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 7 of 476.
- Two cautions on $113,184, the adjusted value of that $144,900 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 7 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacists in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $102,180 to $164,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $103,479, from $144,900, 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 7 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- This $113,184 adjusted figure, worked from $144,900, 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 7 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 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 $139,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $102,180 at the bottom tenth to $164,050 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $113,184.
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 $103,479.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $139,410. 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 ($102,180 to $164,050) 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 $113,184 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 $103,479 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.