How much do Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders make in Boise City, ID?

Percentile spread

For Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $38,520 and the 90th percentile is $75,420. The difference is $36,900, which is 81.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,520 to the 75th at $61,510, covers $22,990.

The mean annual wage is $51,170, which sits above the median of $45,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boise City, ID median is 8.5% higher than the national median of $41,590 for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,858, which is 10.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Idaho median of $45,120.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders at $45,858 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. Boise City, ID ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Twin Falls, ID is 89 miles away, with a median of $46,010 and employment of 130. That median is 2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,952, against $45,858 here.

Employment share

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Boise City, ID (360 of 391,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,250 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.57 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.