Idaho - Wage & Salary Data

Top Paying Occupations in Idaho (200)

Rank Occupation Annual Median Employment
1 Chief Executives $173,070
2 Dentists, General $166,560 690
3 Computer and Information Research Scientists $161,130
4 Architectural and Engineering Managers $157,360 760
5 Computer and Information Systems Managers $149,290 1,600
6 Pharmacists $138,580 1,750
7 Power Distributors and Dispatchers $136,550 60
8 Personal Financial Advisors $136,440 930
9 Physicists $132,060 170
10 Engineers, All Other $131,390 590
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Top Industries in Idaho

Industry Average Salary
Cross-industry $54,492

Top Growing Careers in Idaho

Occupations with the fastest employment growth from 2019 to 2024

Rank Occupation 2019 Jobs 2024 Jobs Jobs Added % Growth
1 Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 260 1,860 +1,600 +615.4%
2 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 70 370 +300 +428.6%
3 Private Detectives and Investigators 60 300 +240 +400.0%
4 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 60 300 +240 +400.0%
5 First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 120 560 +440 +366.7%
6 Furniture Finishers 40 180 +140 +350.0%
7 Parking Attendants 80 340 +260 +325.0%
8 Instructional Coordinators 560 2,200 +1,640 +292.9%
9 Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 60 220 +160 +266.7%
10 Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 40 140 +100 +250.0%
11 Tile and Stone Setters 140 490 +350 +250.0%
12 Surveying and Mapping Technicians 270 930 +660 +244.4%
13 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 210 660 +450 +214.3%
14 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 200 620 +420 +210.0%
15 Computer Hardware Engineers 270 820 +550 +203.7%