Driving Idaho's Economy

Annual Contributions of
Idaho's New-Vehicle Dealers

Idaho's dealers maintain a multi-BILLION dollar retail industry.

• Average sales per dealership..........................................................................$16.4 million
• Total sales of all new-vehicle dealerships in Idaho........................................$2.4 billion
• Dealership sales as % of total retail sales in the state...................................11.9%
• Estimated number of new-vehicle dealerships................................................112

Dealers provide thousands of well-paying jobs in Idaho.

• Total number of new-vehicle dealership employees in Idaho.........................4,089
• Average number of employees per dealership................................................37
• Average annual earnings of new-vehicle dealership employees....................$43,045
• Dealership payroll as % of total state retail payroll.........................................10.5%
• Annual payroll of new-vehicle dealerships......................................................$177 million
• Average annual payroll per new-vehicle dealership.......................................$1.58 million


Dealers generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for state and local government through:

« Sales Tax Revenue
« Corporate Tax Revenue
« Payroll Tax Revenue


Numbers reflect annual economic activity during 2009

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