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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Idaho Falls, ID wage figures in a real decision
- Nurse Anesthetists leads published medians in Idaho Falls, ID at $298,560/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Nurse Anesthetists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,130 adjusts to about $61,571 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for ID before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.