Psychiatry Physician Salary in Idaho (2026)
A Psychiatry physician practicing in Idaho can expect a base salary inside the national Psychiatry band of $255K to $360K, with the median tracking close to $290K. The Idaho variation on that number is driven mostly by anchor-employer comp structure in Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Idaho Falls, Coeur d'Alene, Pocatello and by shortage-area incentive stacking outside those metros — not by Idaho cost-of-living alone.
Psychiatry compensation snapshot for Idaho
- Typical Idaho base range
- $255K – $360K (national median $290K)
- National demand signal
- very high
- Top Idaho hiring metros
- Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Idaho Falls, Coeur d'Alene, Pocatello
- Idaho HPSA / shortage posture
- Most non-Treasure-Valley counties carry HPSA designations
- Primary board
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Where Psychiatry offers land highest in Idaho
Idaho is dominated by St. Luke's Health System, Saint Alphonsus, Kootenai Health, and Madison Health, with extensive rural and critical-access recruiting. For Psychiatry, the highest-comp Idaho opportunities I see are typically not in the urban core of Boise — they sit in rural and HPSA-designated counties where the same Psychiatry role carries a 10-25% base premium plus signing bonuses of $30K-$100K and loan repayment of $50K-$200K layered on top of base. That stacking can push an Idaho Psychiatry offer comfortably above the $360K national ceiling in year-one total cash.
Idaho incentive programs that boost Psychiatry take-home
The Idaho State Loan Repayment Program supports primary care, behavioral health, and dental providers in HPSA sites. The Idaho Rural Physician Incentive Program supports physicians serving in rural underserved counties. The Idaho Conrad State 30 J-1 waiver program is consistently filled. NHSC loan repayment is widely used across the state's rural FQHC network. For Psychiatry specifically, these federal and state programs frequently add the equivalent of $30K-$60K per year of pre-tax value over the first three years of service.
How I benchmark a Psychiatry offer in Idaho
When a Psychiatry candidate sends me an Idaho offer, I check three things in order: (1) where the base lands inside the $255K–$360K band relative to MGMA regional percentiles, (2) the wRVU conversion factor and ramp/threshold structure, and (3) the call burden and stipend. Idaho's licensing pace also matters for ramp timing: The Idaho Board of Medicine licenses with a typical timeline of 60-90 days for US-trained physicians.
Engage a Idaho Psychiatry compensation review
Email hire@physicianrecruitment.com for a written Idaho Psychiatry compensation review of any offer you've received, at no cost. We benchmark against MGMA/AMGA percentiles and the active Idaho Psychiatry pipeline we're working in real time.