Veterinarians in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,252
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$30,918
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,248
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
$116,170
Kept after tax
$85,252
Worth in national money
$93,248
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for veterinarians is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $116,170. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 10.71% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, veterinarians comes in at 29 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $116,170 you keep $85,252 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $93,248 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $118,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- For veterinarians, Idaho sits in the lower band at $116,170, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 10.71%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Veterinarians ranks 29 of 476 occupations by median in Idaho, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Idaho is $85,252 after the full tax stack, from $116,170. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $93,248 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $118,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Veterinarians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,840 |
| This salary | $116,170 |
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 | $85,252 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,556 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$60 |
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 | $108,631 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$82 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $116,170 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,290 and the ninetieth is $168,840 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $85,252, worked from $116,170. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 29 of 476.
- Two cautions on $93,248, the adjusted value of that $116,170 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 29 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $116,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,290 to $168,840. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Idaho take-home of $85,252, on $116,170 for work ranking 29 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 29 of 476 in the state.
- This $93,248 adjusted figure, worked from $116,170, 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 29 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 29 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,290 at the bottom tenth to $168,840 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $93,248 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 $85,252.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,290) and the ninetieth ($168,840) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $93,248 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 $85,252 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.