Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,543
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$8,467
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,547
Iowa costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Iowa — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$48,010
Kept after tax
$39,543
Worth in national money
$44,547
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Iowa. The middle earner gets $48,010. That is 44 of 50 states, and about 21.99% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Iowa, this sits in the middle: 325 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,010 the take-home is $39,543; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,547 would nationally. The average comes to $49,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, Iowa sits in the lower band at $48,010, ranking 44 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 21.99%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors ranks 325 of 493 occupations in Iowa by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Iowa, on $48,010, is $39,543 — equivalent to $44,547 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $49,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,710 |
| This salary | $48,010 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Iowa | $39,543 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,756 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,607 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $46,501 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,152 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Iowa earn less than $48,010. The published range is $37,110 up to $64,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,543 take-home in Iowa comes from $48,010. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 325 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,547, the adjusted value of that $48,010 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 325 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,110 to $64,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,543, from $48,010, assumes a single Iowa filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 325 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $44,547 — the adjusted value of that $48,010 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 325 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,110 at the tenth percentile, $64,710 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Iowa is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $44,547 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Iowa's own levy, $39,543 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,110 to $64,710) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Iowa rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Iowa's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $44,547 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,543 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Iowa income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.