Best jobs in Idaho
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Idaho, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Idaho (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Idaho pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$449,990 vs $391,490 · +14.9%
$507,640 vs $232,140 · +118.7%
$34,790 vs $35,800 · -2.8%
$132,540 vs $132,300 · +0.2%
$28,940 vs $31,200 · -7.2%
$60,810 vs $64,120 · -5.2%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 617 scored occupations — show all 617show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
126
$64,840
+0.3%
26
134
$58,930
+3.1%
25
136
$43,710
-1.6%
25
158
$101,390
+1.9%
23
204
$56,290
+3.7%
21
268
$45,340
+6.3%
17
316
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$39,980
+4.6%
16
336
$58,200
+2.3%
15
457
$69,590
-19.6%
12
512
$52,160
-4.3%
10
533
$38,580
+2.0%
10
535
$34,700
+1.2%
9†
552
$50,040
-13.7%
9
568
$42,690
-3.8%
8
577
$39,580
-12.1%
8
578
$45,980
-12.0%
8
Live jobs in Idaho
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Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.