Idaho’s Human Rights Act provides state-level discrimination protection closely aligned with federal baselines. The state’s technology growth in the Treasure Valley and continued agricultural base shape the sectoral damages picture.
Boise technology sector
Boise’s growing technology sector draws compensation norms closer to coastal markets, particularly at established employers with public parents. RSU and performance-stock-unit grants require the same grant-by-grant modeling approach applied in larger tech markets.
Agricultural and recreation seasonality
Agricultural-sector plaintiffs face compensation with seasonal components that do not average cleanly across a standard work year. The model reconstructs the plaintiff’s annual earnings pattern from multi-year payroll data rather than applying a straight annualization.
Worklife & discount-rate notes
Idaho's technology, agriculture, and outdoor-recreation industries produce distinct compensation profiles. Boise-area technology plaintiffs face compensation approaching coastal tech norms; agricultural-sector plaintiffs face seasonal patterns that require model adjustment; recreation-industry plaintiffs face tourism-dependent variable compensation.
