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.
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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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.