Purchasing Managers in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,479
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$38,491
28.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,715
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
$136,970
Kept after tax
$98,479
Worth in national money
$107,715
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 24 of 50 states for purchasing managers, with a middle wage of $136,970. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, purchasing managers comes in at 9 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $136,970 the take-home is $98,479; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $107,715 would nationally. The average comes to $145,250, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho ranks 24 of 50 for purchasing managers at $136,970. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Purchasing managers ranks 9 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.
- Post-tax income for purchasing managers in Idaho, on $136,970, is $98,479 — equivalent to $107,715 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $145,250 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $136,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,010 |
| This salary | $136,970 |
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 | $98,479 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,885 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$219 |
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 | $127,597 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$311 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $136,970 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,790 and the ninetieth is $207,010 — 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 $98,479, worked from $136,970. 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 9 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $107,715, the adjusted value of that $136,970 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 9 of 476 in the state.
- The Idaho median of $136,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,790 to $207,010. 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 $98,479, on $136,970 for work ranking 9 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 9 of 476 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $107,715 — the adjusted value of that $136,970 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 9 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 $145,250, 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 $79,790 at the bottom tenth to $207,010 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 $107,715 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $98,479.
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 $145,250. 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 ($79,790) and the ninetieth ($207,010) 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 $107,715 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 $98,479 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.
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.