Idaho Falls, ID Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Idaho Falls, ID - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Idaho Falls, ID moved from $45,080 in May 2024 to $46,800 in May 2025 (+3.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Idaho Falls, ID sits +0.7 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Idaho Falls, ID
General and Operations Managers publishes $80,380 here versus $105,770 nationally (-24.0%; 2,480metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $32,320 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-8.7%).
- General and Operations Managers$80,380 in Idaho Falls, ID sits 24.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,480 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$32,320 in Idaho Falls, ID sits 8.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,090 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,680 in Idaho Falls, ID sits 8.1% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,610 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,050 in Idaho Falls, ID sits 4.9% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,930 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Idaho Falls, ID; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26820 · Idaho Falls, ID $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #262/528
- RPP-LOW 94.4
- OCC-MID 281 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $299K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Bloomington, IN
- BOOK-MOST 271 rows · May 2025
Read with Bloomington, IN (+$29 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Idaho Falls, ID
Employment scale inside Idaho Falls, ID's top-pay list
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Idaho Falls, ID's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 530 jobs · $123,450
- 2. Financial Managers 270 jobs · $128,500
- 3. Data Scientists 230 jobs · $167,840
- 4. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $174,410
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $128,260
- 6. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $131,680
- 7. Engineers, All Other 170 jobs · $128,670
- 8. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $136,930
- 9. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $129,800
- 10. Facilities Managers 140 jobs · $139,180
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $166,110
- 12. Electrical Engineers 130 jobs · $136,100
- 13. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $135,560
- 14. Computer Network Architects 120 jobs · $122,840
- 15. Managers, All Other 100 jobs · $132,580
- 16. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $126,020
- 17. Natural Sciences Managers 80 jobs · $124,800
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $194,480
Occupations Tracked
281
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,130
employment-weighted, 271 complete rows
Top Salary
$298,560
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
94.4
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Idaho Falls, ID
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $298,560 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $194,480 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $174,410 |
| 4 | Data Scientists | $167,840 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $166,110 |
| 6 | Database Architects | $142,170 |
| 7 | Facilities Managers | $139,180 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $136,930 |
| 9 | Electrical Engineers | $136,100 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $135,560 |
| 11 | Physicists | $135,150 |
| 12 | Nuclear Engineers | $133,970 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $132,840 |
| 14 | Managers, All Other | $132,580 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $131,680 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $129,800 |
| 17 | Engineers, All Other | $128,670 |
| 18 | Financial Managers | $128,500 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,260 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $127,240 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $126,020 |
| 22 | Natural Sciences Managers | $124,800 |
| 23 | Software Developers | $123,450 |
| 24 | Computer Network Architects | $122,840 |
| 25 | Financial and Investment Analysts | $119,170 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Idaho Falls, ID
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,430 |
| Bartenders | $23,660 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,670 |
| Recreation Workers | $27,130 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,170 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,920 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,080 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,680 |
| Food Batchmakers | $28,690 |
| Dishwashers | $29,050 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in ID
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside ID. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,130 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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