Pay and cost of living in Canyon County, ID
Across the 9 occupations we cover in Canyon 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 Canyon 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 Canyon County, ID
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Canyon County, ID, set beside the Idaho and national medians.
Median household income in Canyon County, ID is $76,488, 2% below the Idaho median of $77,800 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($15,540) equals 20.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $44,480, is 42% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Canyon County, ID pay a median of $2,011 a year in real estate taxes, 1% below the Idaho median of $2,038. With a median home value of $390,000, 7% below the Idaho median of $418,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.52% a year.
Renters in Canyon County, ID pay a median gross rent of $1,347 a month in the Census survey, 9% 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 Canyon County, ID who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.3 minutes each way, 17% above the Idaho average of 21.6. 13.0% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.