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The highest paying job in Idaho is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, with a median salary of $507,640 per year. Below is the complete ranking of the top 25 careers in ID based on 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025
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Ranked by median annual salary. Click any job to see the full salary breakdown including percentile data and state-by-state comparisons.
| Rank | Occupation | Median Salary | Mean Salary | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $507,640 | $361,180 | 330 |
| 2 | Anesthesiologists | $449,990 | $385,470 | N/A |
| 3 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $355,390 | $317,600 | 130 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $347,160 | $307,400 | 690 |
| 5 | Pediatricians, General | $297,680 | $273,550 | 60 |
| 6 | Dermatologists | $281,920 | $314,760 | 60 |
| 7 | Nurse Anesthetists | $263,130 | $265,850 | N/A |
| 8 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $223,560 | $230,470 | 110 |
| 9 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $221,430 | $242,480 | 380 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $177,210 | $221,580 | 2,920 |
| 11 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $172,920 | $171,860 | 250 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $162,970 | $164,770 | 850 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $162,240 | $156,520 | 1,950 |
| 14 | Pharmacists | $144,900 | $139,410 | 1,790 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $142,090 | $150,750 | 1,320 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $136,970 | $145,250 | 270 |
| 17 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers | $136,550 | $143,960 | 60 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $135,350 | $146,270 | 2,490 |
| 19 | Physicists | $135,150 | $148,780 | N/A |
| 20 | Nuclear Engineers | $133,970 | $133,750 | N/A |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $133,790 | $132,540 | 1,320 |
| 22 | Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | $133,750 | $117,060 | N/A |
| 23 | Nurse Practitioners | $132,540 | $133,420 | 1,750 |
| 24 | Software Developers | $131,590 | $134,370 | 5,750 |
| 25 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $131,570 | $138,160 | 920 |
The top-paying careers in Idaho are concentrated in Healthcare Practitioners fields. The #1 job, Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, pays $437,613 more than the state average of $70,026 per year.
At the 90th percentile, experienced Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers professionals in ID can earn up to $507,910 annually — making it one of the most lucrative career paths in the state.
Among the top 25, the minimum median salary is $131,570, meaning all jobs on this list pay significantly above the national average.
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Rankings are based on median annual salary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025 estimates. We use median rather than mean salary because it better represents typical earnings and is less affected by outliers.
Only occupations with state-level data published by BLS are included. Some specialized or rare occupations may not have data for every state. For full methodology details, see our Methodology page.