Transportation Security Screeners in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,412
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$12,718
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,141
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
$63,130
Kept after tax
$50,412
Worth in national money
$55,141
State rank
26
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 26 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $63,130. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Idaho, this sits in the middle: 169 of 476 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Idaho does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $63,130 you keep $50,412, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,141 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $58,400, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Idaho ranks 26 of 45 for transportation security screeners at $63,130. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Transportation security screeners ranks 169 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.
- After federal, FICA and Idaho income tax, retained pay for transportation security screeners on $63,130 is $50,412. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,141 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 $58,400 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,200 |
| This salary | $63,130 |
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 | $50,412 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$698 |
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 | $60,028 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$844 |
| 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 transportation security screeners in Idaho earn under $63,130 and half over. The published range runs $45,640 at the tenth percentile to $67,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,412 take-home in Idaho comes from $63,130. 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 169 of 476.
- One number stands for prices across all of Idaho, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,141, the adjusted value of that $63,130 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 169 of 476 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation security screeners in Idaho, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,640 to $67,200; 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.
- Retained pay of $50,412, from $63,130, 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 169 of 476 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Idaho, so $55,141 — the adjusted value of that $63,130 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 169 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 $58,400, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,640 at the tenth percentile, $67,200 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 $55,141 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $50,412.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $58,400. 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 ($45,640 to $67,200) 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 $55,141 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 $50,412 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.