Social and Human Service Assistants in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,712
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,828
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,343
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
$47,540
Kept after tax
$38,712
Worth in national money
$42,343
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Idaho's middle earner gets $47,540, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 3.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 307 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,540 you keep $38,712 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,343 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- For social and human service assistants, Idaho sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $47,540, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 3.51% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 307 of 476 in Idaho places social and human service assistants 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 $38,712 after the full tax stack, from $47,540. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,343 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social and Human Service Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,470 |
| This salary | $47,540 |
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 | $38,712 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,378 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$791 |
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 | $45,466 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$956 |
| 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 $47,540. The published range is $37,450 up to $60,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,712 take-home in Idaho comes from $47,540. 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 307 of 476.
- Two cautions on $42,343, the adjusted value of that $47,540 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 307 of 476 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for social and human service assistants in Idaho the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,450 to $60,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,712, from $47,540, 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 307 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- This $42,343 adjusted figure, worked from $47,540, 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 307 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 307 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 $49,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,450 at the bottom tenth to $60,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,343 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 $38,712 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $49,020. 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 ($37,450 to $60,470) 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 $42,343 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 $38,712 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.