SOC 17-2161 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Nuclear Engineers make in Idaho Falls, ID?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nuclear Engineers in Idaho Falls, ID is $133,970. The 10th percentile is $104,070 and the 90th percentile is $176,840. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$133,970

10th percentile
$104,070
25th percentile
$107,030
Median
$133,970
75th percentile
$136,500
90th percentile
$176,840
Mean
$129,270

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Nuclear Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $104,070 and the 90th percentile is $176,840. The difference is $72,770, which is 54.3% 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 $107,030 to the 75th at $136,500, covers $29,470.

The mean annual wage is $129,270, which sits below the median of $133,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Idaho Falls, ID median is about the same as the national median of $133,970 for Nuclear Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $141,899, which is 5.9% 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 $133,970.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Idaho Falls, ID is 94.412, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $133,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nuclear Engineers at $141,899 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Nuclear Engineers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Nuclear Engineers make in Idaho Falls, ID?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nuclear Engineers in Idaho Falls, ID is $133,970. The 10th percentile is $104,070 and the 90th percentile is $176,840.

How does that compare with the national median for Nuclear Engineers?

The local median is about the same as the national median of $133,970.

What is Nuclear Engineers pay in Idaho Falls, ID after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Idaho Falls, ID is 94.412, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $133,970 is $141,899. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.