Ada County · Idaho
Boise, ID jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Boise, ID earn a median of $42,312 a year, 5% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 3.8% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 23.5% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $42,312#48 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 68.6%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 130,028Civilian employed, age 16+
What Boise does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance23.5%
- Professional, scientific & management13.7%
- Retail trade10.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.6%
- Manufacturing9.3%
- Construction7.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.9%
- Public administration5%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.2%
- Other services, except public administration4.2%
- Wholesale trade2.6%
- Information2.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.9%
Related data for Boise
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.