Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,202
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,658
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,785
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
$46,860
Kept after tax
$38,202
Worth in national money
$41,785
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $46,860. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 6.05% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 318 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,860 you keep $38,202 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,785 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- For septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners, Idaho sits in the lower band at $46,860, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 6.05%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 318 of 476 in Idaho places septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 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 $38,202 after the full tax stack, from $46,860. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,785 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,000 |
| This salary | $46,860 |
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 | $38,202 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,832 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$795 |
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 | $44,831 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$961 |
| 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 septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Idaho earn under $46,860 and half over. The published range runs $36,870 at the tenth percentile to $64,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,202 take-home in Idaho comes from $46,860. 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 318 of 476.
- Two cautions on $41,785, the adjusted value of that $46,860 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 318 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,870 to $64,000; 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 $38,202, from $46,860, 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 318 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- This $41,785 adjusted figure, worked from $46,860, 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 318 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 318 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 $48,990, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,870 and the top tenth $64,000, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,785 in national terms.
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 $38,202 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 49 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 $48,990. 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 ($36,870 to $64,000) 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 $41,785 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 $38,202 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.