Pay and cost of living in Ada County, ID
Across the 9 occupations we cover in Ada County, ID, the middle median salary is $44,480 a year. Pay runs from $29,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $97,880 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $68,220. Wages come from the Boise City, ID survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Ada County, ID has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,295 a month and a two-bedroom $1,540. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $22,078 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $40,249 a year, and every one of the 9 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Ada County, ID
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Ada County, ID, set beside the Idaho and national medians.
Median household income in Ada County, ID is $91,502, 18% above the Idaho median of $77,800 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($15,540) equals 17.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $44,480, is 51% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Ada County, ID pay a median of $2,655 a year in real estate taxes, 30% above the Idaho median of $2,038. With a median home value of $512,300, 22% above the Idaho median of $418,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.52% a year.
Renters in Ada County, ID pay a median gross rent of $1,577 a month in the Census survey, 27% above the Idaho median of $1,238. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,295; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Ada County, ID who travel to a workplace spend an average of 21.2 minutes each way, 2% below the Idaho average of 21.6. 18.5% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.