Highest Paying Jobs in Idaho

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$507,640

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Top 25 Average

$219,965

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

occupations

Occupations

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Idaho by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers pays a state median of $507,640, +119% above the national median of $232,140 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 72 pay above $100,000 per year in Idaho - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $324,724, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 35 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Idaho, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Idaho is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Idaho, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$507,640	$232,140	+119% above	330
2	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$449,990	$391,490	+15% above	N/A
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$355,390	$256,560	+39% above	130
4	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$347,160	$244,180	+42% above	690
5	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$299,340	$265,930	+13% above	1,700
6	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$297,680	$210,040	+42% above	60
7	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$281,920	$328,730	14% below	60
8	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$263,130	$236,590	+11% above	N/A
9	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$223,560	$292,910	24% below	110
10	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$221,430	$335,550	34% below	380
11	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$211,490	$414,010	49% below	60
12	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$177,210	$213,990	17% below	2,920
13	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$172,920	$153,990	+12% above	250
14	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$162,970	$171,270	5% below	850
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$162,240	$175,140	7% below	1,950
16	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$144,900	$140,910	+3% above	1,790
17	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$142,090	$166,790	15% below	1,320
18	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$136,970	$148,080	8% below	270
19	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$136,550	$106,730	+28% above	60
20	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$135,350	$148,270	9% below	2,490
21	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$135,150	$172,250	22% below	N/A
22	Nuclear Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$133,970	$133,970	same as	N/A
23	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$133,790	$135,880	2% below	1,320
24	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$133,750	$109,370	+22% above	N/A
25	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$132,540	$132,300	same as	1,750
26	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$131,590	$135,980	3% below	5,750
27	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$131,570	$161,740	19% below	920
28	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$131,550	$141,900	7% below	1,230
29	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$131,270	$124,720	+5% above	130
30	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$130,970	$122,930	+7% above	560
31	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$129,340	$120,630	+7% above	1,000
32	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$128,120	$133,000	4% below	190
33	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$128,030	$124,900	+3% above	360
34	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$127,210	$166,570	24% below	3,120
35	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$125,410	$95,320	+32% above	860
36	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$124,800	$167,220	25% below	610
37	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$124,610	$160,300	22% below	30
38	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$124,440	$102,040	+22% above	310
39	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$124,190	$170,950	27% below	650
40	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$123,680	$106,220	+16% above	110
41	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$121,380	$139,500	13% below	260
42	Psychologists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$121,140	$110,840	+9% above	70
43	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$119,990	$149,280	20% below	1,040
44	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$119,430	$99,070	+21% above	50
45	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$119,170	$103,020	+16% above	100
46	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$117,770	$123,860	5% below	3,920
47	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$117,520	$107,110	+10% above	400
48	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$116,170	$130,100	11% below	540
49	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$112,240	$109,270	+3% above	180
50	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$109,620	$123,220	11% below	310
51	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$107,620	$134,050	20% below	720
52	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$107,340	$126,060	15% below	1,210
53	Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$107,250	$63,520	+69% above	N/A
54	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$106,810	$128,500	17% below	40
55	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$106,740	$125,040	15% below	140
56	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$106,040	$100,310	+6% above	50
57	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$105,820	$112,860	6% below	90
58	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$105,690	$98,700	+7% above	80
59	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$104,630	$101,370	+3% above	80
60	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$104,600	$114,990	9% below	2,280
61	Operations Research Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$103,600	$88,940	+16% above	500
62	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$103,400	$159,670	35% below	2,490
63	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$103,390	$136,570	24% below	160
64	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,770	$130,220	21% below	500
65	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,910	$107,310	5% below	N/A
66	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,680	$95,480	+6% above	170
67	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$101,390	$104,920	3% below	1,880
68	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$101,200	$104,590	3% below	870
69	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$101,090	$105,870	5% below	1,830
70	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$100,840	$102,440	2% below	1,330
71	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$100,830	$102,740	2% below	680
72	Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$100,100	$74,310	+35% above	220
73	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,920	$96,590	+3% above	510
74	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$99,870	$106,660	6% below	610
75	Emergency Management Directors Management Occupations	$99,720	$93,330	+7% above	80
76	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,660	$105,310	5% below	100
77	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,000	$102,760	4% below	1,030
78	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$98,860	$115,160	14% below	250
79	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,700	$116,580	15% below	1,040
80	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$98,160	$146,910	33% below	N/A
81	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$98,030	$100,840	3% below	2,630
82	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$97,790	$100,580	3% below	300
83	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$97,760	$100,330	3% below	840
84	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$95,700	$134,960	29% below	190
85	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$95,630	$102,320	7% below	5,750
86	Soil and Plant Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$95,150	$78,850	+21% above	540
87	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$95,120	$95,780	1% below	200
88	Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Management Occupations	$95,020	$79,520	+19% above	110
89	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$94,920	$106,040	10% below	930
90	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$94,650	$98,100	4% below	2,060
91	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$94,370	$105,070	10% below	760
92	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$93,920	$107,230	12% below	1,040
93	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$93,710	$99,280	6% below	850
94	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$93,190	$104,110	10% below	1,070
95	Labor Relations Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$93,110	$95,420	2% below	190
96	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$92,880	$114,130	19% below	880
97	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Management Occupations	$92,820	$96,660	4% below	130
98	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Protective Service Occupations	$92,630	$93,530	1% below	520
99	Registered Nurses Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$92,460	$97,550	5% below	16,880
100	Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$91,880	$99,130	7% below	1,010

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Idaho. The "Difference" column shows how Idaho pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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