The Ada County Highway District employed 455 people in 2025, with full-time staff earning anywhere from below $40,000 a year to north of $200,000.
Not including overtime, the average ACHD take-home was $74,302 in fiscal 2025, or $35.72 per hour. Most employees made less than that, though: The median pay stood at $66,476, or $31.96 per hour. The median is the midpoint between the highest- and lowest-paid workers. The average was pulled up by higher-paid workers.
Records ACHD provided in response to a public records request by the Idaho Statesman found that 60 ACHD employees made more than $100,000 annually. One, longtime General Counsel Steven Price, earned more than $200,000. Price’s $211,619 salary led the agency. The three lowest-paid staff members, all of whom started in 2025, earned $39,312, or $18.90 an hour…