Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,589
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$12,111
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,146
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
$60,700
Kept after tax
$48,589
Worth in national money
$53,146
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Idaho pays this job a middle wage of $60,700, 42 of 51 states and about 18.26% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 198 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,700 the take-home is $48,589; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,146 would nationally. The average comes to $62,100, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho's $60,700 median for special education teachers, secondary school places it 42 of 51 states, about 18.26% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Special education teachers, secondary school ranks 198 of 476 occupations in Idaho by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for special education teachers, secondary school in Idaho, on $60,700, is $48,589 — equivalent to $53,146 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 $62,100 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,200 |
| This salary | $60,700 |
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 | $48,589 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,952 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$712 |
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 | $57,758 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$861 |
| 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 special education teachers, secondary school in Idaho earn under $60,700 and half over. The published range runs $46,950 at the tenth percentile to $82,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $48,589, from $60,700, 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 198 of 476 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,146, the adjusted value of that $60,700 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 198 of 476 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for special education teachers, secondary school in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,950 to $82,200; 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 $48,589 from $60,700. 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 198 of 476 locally.
- This $53,146 adjusted figure, worked from $60,700, 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 198 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 198 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,950 at the tenth percentile, $82,200 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 $53,146 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 $48,589 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,950 to $82,200) 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 $53,146 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 $48,589 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.