Physical Therapist Aides in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,543
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$4,117
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,845
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
$28,660
Kept after tax
$24,543
Worth in national money
$26,845
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays physical therapist aides a middle wage of $28,660, 44 of 50 states and about 18.67% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Idaho this is lower-paid work. Of 476 occupations the state publishes figures for, physical therapist aides ranks 473. 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 $28,660 you keep $24,543, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $26,845 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $31,060, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Idaho's $28,660 median for physical therapist aides places it 44 of 50 states, about 18.67% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Idaho reports, physical therapist aides ranks 473 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 physical therapist aides on $28,660 is $24,543. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $26,845 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 $31,060 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,680 |
| This salary | $28,660 |
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 | $24,543 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,208 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$903 |
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 | $27,848 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,093 |
| 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 physical therapist aides in Idaho earn under $28,660 and half over. The published range runs $23,600 at the tenth percentile to $40,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $24,543 take-home in Idaho comes from $28,660. 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 473 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $26,845, the adjusted value of that $28,660 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 473 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist aides in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,600 to $40,680; 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 $24,543, from $28,660, 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 473 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $26,845 — the adjusted value of that $28,660 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 473 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $31,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $23,600 at the bottom tenth to $40,680 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $26,845 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 $24,543 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $31,060. 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 ($23,600 to $40,680) 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 $26,845 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 $24,543 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.