Prepress Technicians and Workers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,472
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,748
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,080
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
$47,220
Kept after tax
$38,472
Worth in national money
$42,080
State rank
28
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 28 of 45 states for prepress technicians and workers, with a middle wage of $47,220. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Prepress technicians and workers ranks 312 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,220 you keep $38,472 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,080 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,300.
- Idaho ranks 28 of 45 for prepress technicians and workers at $47,220. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 312 of 476 in Idaho places prepress technicians and workers 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 $38,472 after the full tax stack, from $47,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,080 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,300 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,250 |
| This salary | $47,220 |
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 | $38,472 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,121 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$793 |
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 | $45,167 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$959 |
| 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 prepress technicians and workers in Idaho earn under $47,220 and half over. The published range runs $31,000 at the tenth percentile to $55,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $38,472, from $47,220, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 312 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,080, the adjusted value of that $47,220 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 312 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for prepress technicians and workers in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,000 to $55,250; 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.
- Take-home for Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,472 from $47,220. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 312 of 476 locally.
- This $42,080 adjusted figure, worked from $47,220, 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 312 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 312 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 $45,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,000 and the top tenth $55,250, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,080.
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 $38,472 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 45 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 $45,300. 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 ($31,000 to $55,250) 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 $42,080 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 $38,472 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.