Pocatello, ID Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Pocatello, ID moved from $43,180 in May 2024 to $45,160 in May 2025 (+4.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Pocatello, ID sits +1.5 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 38540 · Pocatello, ID $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #421/528
- RPP-LOW 88.9
- OCC-THIN 180 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $269K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Michigan City-La…
- BOOK-MOST 178 rows · May 2025
Read with Michigan City-La Porte, IN (+$2 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Pocatello, ID
Where Pocatello, ID already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Pocatello, ID's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 160 jobs · $101,920
- 2. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $109,850
- 3. Dental Hygienists 110 jobs · $93,060
- 4. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $180,280
- 5. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $135,290
- 6. Lawyers 100 jobs · $92,280
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $125,690
- 8. Software Developers 90 jobs · $119,430
- 9. Civil Engineers 90 jobs · $89,610
- 10. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $136,520
- 11. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $129,480
- 12. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $102,640
- 13. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 70 jobs · $99,250
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 50 jobs · $268,710
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $133,800
- 16. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $115,870
- 17. Personal Financial Advisors 40 jobs · $119,840
- 18. Human Resources Managers 40 jobs · $117,730
Occupations Tracked
180
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,977
employment-weighted, 178 complete rows
Top Salary
$268,710
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
88.9
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Pocatello, ID, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,920 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $109,850 |
| 3 | Dental Hygienists | $93,060 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $180,280 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $135,290 |
| 6 | Lawyers | $92,280 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,690 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $119,430 |
| 9 | Civil Engineers | $89,610 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $136,520 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $129,480 |
| 12 | Construction Managers | $102,640 |
| 13 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $99,250 |
| 14 | Nurse Anesthetists | $268,710 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,800 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $115,870 |
| 17 | Personal Financial Advisors | $119,840 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $117,730 |
| 19 | Electrical Engineers | $110,380 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $100,920 |
| 21 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $127,700 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $97,670 |
| 23 | Information Security Analysts | $93,970 |
| 24 | Occupational Therapists | $90,740 |
| 25 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $90,470 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Pocatello, ID
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $21,800 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,230 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,330 |
| Parking Attendants | $27,390 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,190 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services | $28,470 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,500 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $28,520 |
| Dishwashers | $28,750 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,870 |
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 ($52,977 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 Pocatello, ID wage figures in a real decision
- Nurse Anesthetists leads published medians in Pocatello, ID at $268,710/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Nurse Anesthetists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,977 adjusts to about $59,588 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.9. 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.