Idaho · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Idaho

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Idaho, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Idaho had about 873,900 people on their payrolls across roughly 104,414 establishments, with average annual pay of $62,360.

Total employment in Idaho grew 16.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 873,900. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Idaho are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

873,900Employment, 2025
104,414Establishments
$62,360Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Idaho	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	24,410	2.8%	3.51	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	3,297	0.4%	1.03	pub.
23	Construction	73,062	8.4%	1.54	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	74,292	8.5%	1.05	pub.
22	Utilities	4,231	0.5%	0.86	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	36,124	4.1%	1.07	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	94,533	10.8%	1.09	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	32,052	3.7%	0.75	pub.
51	Information	9,706	1.1%	0.58	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	28,783	3.3%	0.81	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10,978	1.3%	0.80	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	53,269	6.1%	0.87	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	8,786	1.0%	0.60	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	48,038	5.5%	0.94	pub.
61	Educational Services	70,023	8.0%	0.94	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	133,126	15.2%	0.95	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16,740	1.9%	0.98	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	79,436	9.1%	0.99	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	23,511	2.7%	0.89	pub.
92	Public Administration	48,789	5.6%	1.10	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	873,908	104,414	$62,356	1.8%	pub.
2024	858,505	102,742	$59,572	1.9%	pub.
2023	842,561	93,760	$56,300	2.6%	pub.
2022	820,860	86,960	$54,236	3.9%	pub.
2021	790,424	78,581	$50,744	5.7%	pub.
2020	748,123	69,408	$47,685	0.6%	pub.
2019	752,351	63,424	$44,264	3.0%	pub.
2018	730,716	63,632	$42,882	3.4%	pub.
2017	706,820	61,174	$41,345	2.8%	pub.
2016	687,919	58,857	$39,637	3.5%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Idaho	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	62,249	7.1%	1.01
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	43,684	5.0%	0.75
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	19,070	2.2%	0.65
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	15,406	1.8%	1.06
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	12,432	1.4%	1.51
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	13,346	1.5%	0.90
23-0000	Legal occupations	5,689	0.7%	0.78
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	46,861	5.4%	0.92
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	9,408	1.1%	0.81
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	51,927	5.9%	0.95
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	40,864	4.7%	0.92
33-0000	Protective service occupations	15,922	1.8%	0.76
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	74,829	8.6%	0.98
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	29,702	3.4%	1.16
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	19,631	2.3%	1.08
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	72,344	8.3%	0.96
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	112,109	12.8%	1.09
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,724	0.7%	2.32
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	57,902	6.6%	1.60
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	39,146	4.5%	1.15
51-0000	Production occupations	51,286	5.9%	1.06
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	74,375	8.5%	0.96

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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