Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,681
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$19,329
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,654
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
$83,010
Kept after tax
$63,681
Worth in national money
$69,654
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $83,010, ranking 14 of 50 states and sitting about 3.32% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, this job comes in at 96 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $83,010 you keep $63,681 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $69,654 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $85,520, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho's median for psychology teachers, postsecondary is $83,010, about 3.32% above the national figure and 14 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Psychology teachers, postsecondary ranks 96 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 $63,681 after the full tax stack, from $83,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,654 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,520 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,990 |
| This salary | $83,010 |
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 | $63,681 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,228 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$472 |
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 | $77,969 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$652 |
| 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 psychology teachers, postsecondary in Idaho earn under $83,010 and half over. The published range runs $35,100 at the tenth percentile to $126,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $63,681, from $83,010, 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 96 of 476 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,654, the adjusted value of that $83,010 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 96 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychology teachers, postsecondary in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,100 to $126,990; 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 $63,681 from $83,010. 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 96 of 476 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $69,654 — the adjusted value of that $83,010 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 96 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 $85,520, 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 $35,100 at the bottom tenth to $126,990 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 $69,654 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 $63,681 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 $85,520. 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 ($35,100) and the ninetieth ($126,990) 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 $69,654 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 $63,681 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.