Career Atlas USA

Careers in Idaho

Idaho’s regional price level is below the national average (index 95.494, where 100 = U.S. average, 2024 BEA data).

Unemployment rate: 3.4% · Labor force participation: 61.9% · 969,726 people employed (2026-07, BLS LAUS, not seasonally adjusted).

Highest-Paying Careers

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  1. 1Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$507,640
  2. 2Anesthesiologists$449,990
  3. 3General Internal Medicine Physicians$355,390
  4. 4Family Medicine Physicians$347,160
  5. 5Physicians, All Other$299,340

Largest Occupations

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  1. 1Fast Food and Counter Workers25,810 employed
  2. 2General and Operations Managers24,880 employed
  3. 3Office Clerks, General20,790 employed
  4. 4Home Health and Personal Care Aides20,770 employed
  5. 5Retail Salespersons20,180 employed

Highest Concentration

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  1. 1Forest and Conservation Technicians12.06× national avg
  2. 2Fallers11.04× national avg
  3. 3Log Graders and Scalers8.26× national avg
  4. 4Agricultural Technicians7.81× national avg
  5. 5Food Science Technicians7.00× national avg

Best Purchasing Power

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cost-of-living adjusted

  1. 1Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$531,594
  2. 2Anesthesiologists$471,223
  3. 3General Internal Medicine Physicians$372,160
  4. 4Family Medicine Physicians$363,541
  5. 5Physicians, All Other$313,465

Strongest Opportunity Score

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  1. 1Log Graders and Scalers94.4 / 100
  2. 2First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers93.9 / 100
  3. 3Soil and Plant Scientists89.3 / 100
  4. 4Anthropologists and Archeologists85.2 / 100
  5. 5Surgical Technologists84.4 / 100

Sources

Wage and employment data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities. Unemployment rate: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). Opportunity Score is a Career Atlas USA calculation — see methodology.