Insights / Healthcare pay below the U.S. median / Idaho
5 healthcare jobs where pay in Idaho lags the U.S. median
Idaho's stall on this list is the lab-tech wage. The psychiatric-technician gap is a different, smaller problem.
The review said Idaho pays under the country and then used one factor on five offers.
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians earn $47,450 against $62,930 nationally, 0.75 of the country figure. That is the gap that will empty a lab req written from the national midpoint.
Psychiatric technicians earn $41,490 against $45,130, 0.92 of the country figure.
Close enough that a national letter is a miss, and not the same miss as the lab row.
Pay for speech-language pathologists is $84,380 against $97,870, 0.86 of the country figure.
Three conversations.
Each occupation
1Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
- State median
- $47,450
- U.S. median
- $62,930
- State vs U.S.
- 0.75
2Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $84,380
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 0.86
3Emergency Medical Technicians
- State median
- $38,840
- U.S. median
- $44,470
- State vs U.S.
- 0.87
4Nursing Assistants
- State median
- $38,650
- U.S. median
- $42,260
- State vs U.S.
- 0.91
5Psychiatric Technicians
- State median
- $41,490
- U.S. median
- $45,130
- State vs U.S.
- 0.92
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians | $47,450 | $62,930 | 0.75 |
| 2 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $84,380 | $97,870 | 0.86 |
| 3 | Emergency Medical Technicians | $38,840 | $44,470 | 0.87 |
| 4 | Nursing Assistants | $38,650 | $42,260 | 0.91 |
| 5 | Psychiatric Technicians | $41,490 | $45,130 | 0.92 |
Takeaways
- Emergency medical technicians earn $38,840 against $44,470, 0.87 of the country figure.
- Nursing assistants earn $38,650 against $42,260, 0.91 of the country figure.
- Idaho is 6 of 31 among states with at least five occupations this far under the country.
- The rank does not make 0.75 and 0.92 the same instruction.
For recruiters
- Rewrite the lab offer from $47,450 before you touch the brand campaign.
- Do not push the lab gap through a psychiatric-technician letter that is much closer to the country.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Idaho OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Idaho is 6 of 31. A row links to the Idaho metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $47,450 is stated as about $47.5K. $62,930 is stated as about $62.9K. a comparison of 0.75 is stated as 25 percent. $41,490 is stated as about $41.5K. $45,130 is stated as about $45.1K. a comparison of 0.92 is stated as 8 percent. Rounded figures in the prose: $84,380 is stated as about $84.4K. a comparison of 0.86 is stated as 14 percent. $38,840 is stated as about $38.8K. $38,650 is stated as about $38.7K.
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