Substitute Teachers, Short-Term in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,610
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$5,470
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,294
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
$34,080
Kept after tax
$28,610
Worth in national money
$31,294
State rank
37
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for substitute teachers, short-term is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $34,080. That is 37 of 50 states, and about 18.21% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 476 occupations Idaho publishes, substitute teachers, short-term lands at 449. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $34,080 the take-home is $28,610; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,294 would nationally. The average comes to $36,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For substitute teachers, short-term, Idaho sits in the lower band at $34,080, ranking 37 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 18.21%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Idaho, this work ranks 449 of 476 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for substitute teachers, short-term in Idaho, on $34,080, is $28,610 — equivalent to $31,294 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 $36,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,240 |
| This salary | $34,080 |
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 | $28,610 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,563 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$871 |
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 | $32,894 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,053 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,080 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,110 and the ninetieth is $45,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $28,610 take-home in Idaho comes from $34,080. 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 449 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,294, the adjusted value of that $34,080 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 449 of 476 in the state.
- The Idaho median of $34,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,110 to $45,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $28,610, from $34,080, 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 449 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $31,294 — the adjusted value of that $34,080 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 449 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 $36,240, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $29,110 at the bottom tenth to $45,240 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 $31,294 in national terms.
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 $28,610.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $36,240. 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 ($29,110 to $45,240) 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 $31,294 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 $28,610 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.