Idaho state finances (ACFR)
Ten-year actual state expenditures by function and state employee headcount, from the Office of the Idaho State Controller's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
Figures
Source: Transparent Idaho, Office of the Idaho State Controller, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Statistical Section. Data period fiscal year 2025. Published .
| Measure | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Total state expenditures (governmental funds, actual)fiscal year 2025 | $15.2 billion | fiscal year 2025 |
| State employees (full-time headcount)fiscal year 2025 | 22,045 | fiscal year 2025 |
| Total principal employer share of state employment2025 | 11.3% | 2025 |
Records
Principal employers (ACFR Schedule 12)
One row per (employer, year) entry in Schedule 12, Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago, for the two years the schedule prints (June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2025). An employer appears in only the year(s) it has a disclosed entry; the Total row is not included here (see caveats). The Idaho Department of Labor separately publishes a longer Top 100 employers list (above), ranked by disclosed employment range rather than by share of state employment; the two lists use different definitions of employer size and do not always order employers the same way.
Data table (23 rows)
| Year ended | Rank | Employer | Employees (published range) | Share of state employment (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-30 | 1 | State of Idaho | 19,500-20,000 | 2.5 |
| 2016-06-30 | 2 | Federal Government | 12,000-12,500 | 1.6 |
| 2016-06-30 | 3 | St. Luke's Health System | 11,500-12,000 | 1.5 |
| 2016-06-30 | 4 | Wal-Mart | 6,500-7,000 | 0.9 |
| 2016-06-30 | 5 | Micron Technology | 5,500-6,000 | 0.7 |
| 2016-06-30 | 6 | Brigham Young University-Idaho | 4,500-5,000 | 0.6 |
| 2016-06-30 | 7 | Meridian Joint School District #2 | 4,000-4,500 | 0.5 |
| 2016-06-30 | 8 | Boise School District | 3,500-4,000 | 0.5 |
| 2016-06-30 | 9 | Battelle Energy Alliance | 3,000-3,500 | 0.4 |
| 2016-06-30 | 10 | St. Alphonsus Health System | 3,000-3,500 | 0.4 |
| 2016-06-30 | 11 | J.R. Simplot Co. | 3,000-3,500 | 0.4 |
| 2016-06-30 | 12 | Albertson's Inc. | 3,000-3,500 | 0.4 |
| 2025-06-30 | 1 | State of Idaho | 35,000+ | 3.7 |
| 2025-06-30 | 2 | St. Luke's Health System | 16,000+ | 1.6 |
| 2025-06-30 | 3 | Federal Government | 14,500+ | 1.5 |
| 2025-06-30 | 4 | Wal-Mart | 9,000+ | 0.9 |
| 2025-06-30 | 5 | St. Alphonsus Health System | 6,000+ | 0.6 |
| 2025-06-30 | 6 | Albertson's Inc. | 5,500+ | 0.6 |
| 2025-06-30 | 7 | Battelle Energy Alliance | 5,500+ | 0.6 |
| 2025-06-30 | 8 | Micron Technology | 5,500+ | 0.6 |
| 2025-06-30 | 10 | West Ada School District | 4,500+ | 0.5 |
| 2025-06-30 | 11 | Boise School District | 3,500+ | 0.4 |
| 2025-06-30 | 12 | Kootenai Health | 3,000+ | 0.3 |
Source: Transparent Idaho, Office of the Idaho State Controller, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Statistical Section. Published .
Pages built on this dataset
Publisher
- Organization
- Transparent Idaho, Office of the Idaho State Controller
- Publisher’s dataset
- Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Statistical Section
- File or API used
- https://www.sco.idaho.gov/CAFRDocuments/2025%20Annual%20Comprehensive%20Financial%20Report.pdf
- Methodology
- https://www.sco.idaho.gov/CAFRDocuments/2025%20Annual%20Comprehensive%20Financial%20Report.pdf
Coverage
- Geography
- Idaho (statewide)
- Time coverage
- Fiscal years 2016 to 2025
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- May 21, 2026
- Retrieved
- September 8, 2026
- License of the records
- Public domain. State of Idaho government work.
- Rows
- 145 observations, 23 records, 2016-2025
Measures
| Measure | What it measures | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Total state expenditures (governmental funds, actual) | Actual expenditures, all governmental funds (General, special revenue, capital projects, and permanent funds), modified accrual basis. Excludes proprietary/business-type funds and component units. Source: ACFR Schedule 4. | usd thousands |
| State expenditures by function (governmental funds, actual) | Actual expenditures by function, all governmental funds, modified accrual basis: General Government, Public Safety and Correction, Health and Human Services, Education, Economic Development, Natural Resources, Capital Outlay, Intergovernmental Revenue Sharing, and the two Debt Service components. Source: ACFR Schedule 4. | usd thousands |
| State employees (full-time headcount) | Full-time state employee headcount as of fiscal year end, statewide, as reported by the Office of the Idaho State Controller. Not a full-time-equivalent (FTP) count. (ACFR Schedule 14) | people |
| Principal employer share of state employment | Each of Idaho's principal employers' share of total state employment, by employer, for June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2025. (ACFR Schedule 12, Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago) | percent |
| Total principal employer share of state employment | The combined share of total state employment held by all of Idaho's principal employers listed in the schedule, for June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2025. (ACFR Schedule 12, Total row) | percent |
Record fields
One row per (employer, year) entry in Schedule 12, Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago, for the two years the schedule prints (June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2025). An employer appears in only the year(s) it has a disclosed entry; the Total row is not included here (see caveats). The Idaho Department of Labor separately publishes a longer Top 100 employers list (above), ranked by disclosed employment range rather than by share of state employment; the two lists use different definitions of employer size and do not always order employers the same way.
fiscal_year_end: The schedule's as-of date for this entry, '2016-06-30' or '2025-06-30'.employer: Employer name as printed, with trailing footnote-marker digits removed (for example 'State of Idaho2' becomes 'State of Idaho').rank: The employer's rank by headcount among Idaho's principal employers for this year, as printed.employees_range: The employer's headcount range for this year exactly as printed, for example '19,500-20,000' or an open range like '35,000+'. Not a point value; see dataset caveats.share_of_state_employment_pct: Percent of total state employment for this year, as printed. Null if a rank and range are present but no percent was printed (not observed in the current pull).
Caveats
- Spending figures are actual expenditure on the modified accrual basis for governmental funds only; they exclude proprietary funds and component units, in thousands of dollars.
- The source labels its fiscal year 2024 spending column "as restated"; fiscal year 2024 spending observations carry a note saying so.
- Full-time headcount excludes part-time and temporary employees; the fiscal year 2024 count reflects a 2024 change of financial systems.
- Dashboard-only figures on transparent.idaho.gov (vendor payment, agency transaction, and pay tools) are not part of this dataset; only the ACFR PDF was used.
- Each share is percent of total state employment as of June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2025, a calendar-year average except the State of Idaho's own count, as of January 9, 2025.
- Schedule 12's underlying employee counts are published only as ranges, never a single figure; percentages are stored as observations, ranges are kept in records only.
Where sources disagree
- Total state expenditures (governmental funds, actual), Idaho, FY2025: the Idaho Legislative Services Office publishes $13.0 billion. This dataset's fiscal year 2025 total ($15,233,737,000) is actual expenditure for governmental funds only, on the modified accrual basis (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). The Legislative Services Office's figure is fiscal year 2025 actual expenditure on the state's budgetary basis, all funds (General, dedicated, and federal funds tracked through the appropriation process), which excludes the governmental-funds report's proprietary funds and component units and uses cash and encumbrance appropriation accounting rather than modified accrual. Both figures are real and correctly sourced; they answer different questions about the same fiscal year.
How to cite
Understand Idaho, “Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Statistical Section”, compiled from Transparent Idaho, Office of the Idaho State Controller, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Statistical Section. Retrieved September 8, 2026. https://understandidaho.com/data/transparent-idaho-acfr/.
Cite Transparent Idaho, Office of the Idaho State Controller directly for the figures themselves.
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