Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,532
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$10,098
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,521
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
$52,630
Kept after tax
$42,532
Worth in national money
$46,521
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Idaho pays surveying and mapping technicians around $52,630 at the midpoint, 33 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 476 occupations Idaho reports figures for, this is number 252.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $52,630 you keep $42,532, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,521 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $54,930, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For surveying and mapping technicians the Idaho median is $52,630, ranking 33 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Idaho's occupational distribution, surveying and mapping technicians sits at 252 of 476 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for surveying and mapping technicians on $52,630 is $42,532. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,521 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $54,930 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,040 |
| This salary | $52,630 |
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 | $42,532 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,468 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$760 |
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 | $50,220 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$920 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,630 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,500 and the ninetieth is $72,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $42,532 take-home in Idaho comes from $52,630. 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 252 of 476.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,521 uses one figure for the whole of Idaho. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 476 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 252.
- The Idaho median of $52,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,500 to $72,040. 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 $42,532, from $52,630, 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 252 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,521, worked from $52,630, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Idaho address, on work sitting at 252 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $54,930 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,500 at the tenth percentile, $72,040 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 $46,521 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 $42,532 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 50 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 $54,930. 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 ($39,500 to $72,040) 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 $46,521 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 $42,532 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.