Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,320
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$9,030
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,008
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
$48,350
Kept after tax
$39,320
Worth in national money
$43,008
State rank
7
of 46 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 $48,350, ranking 7 of 46 states and sitting about 13.05% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 299 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,350 the take-home is $39,320; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,008 would nationally. The average comes to $49,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho's median for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood is $48,350, about 13.05% above the national figure and 7 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 299 of 476 in Idaho places sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 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.
- Post-tax income for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Idaho, on $48,350, is $39,320 — equivalent to $43,008 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 $49,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,720 |
| This salary | $48,350 |
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 | $39,320 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$786 |
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 | $46,223 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$950 |
| 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 $48,350. The published range is $39,520 up to $59,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,320 take-home in Idaho comes from $48,350. 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 299 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,008, the adjusted value of that $48,350 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 299 of 476 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,520 to $59,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,320, from $48,350, 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 299 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $43,008 — the adjusted value of that $48,350 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 299 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,520 at the tenth percentile, $59,720 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,008 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 $39,320 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,520 to $59,720) 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 $43,008 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 $39,320 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.