Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,082
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$12,308
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,673
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
$64,390
Kept after tax
$52,082
Worth in national money
$58,673
State rank
5
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Iowa is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $64,390, which ranks 5 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 22.41% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Iowa reports figures for, this is number 178.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,390 you keep $52,082 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $58,673 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,680.
- Iowa ranks 5 of 45 states publishing a median for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers, at $64,390 — about 22.41% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Iowa's occupational distribution, audiovisual equipment installers and repairers sits at 178 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $52,082 after the full tax stack, from $64,390. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,673 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,680 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,190 |
| This salary | $64,390 |
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 | $52,082 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,917 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,188 |
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 | $62,106 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,104 |
| 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 $64,390. The published range is $34,970 up to $69,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Iowa the take-home figure of $52,082, from $64,390, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 178 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $58,673, the adjusted value of that $64,390 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Iowa. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 178 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,970 to $69,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Iowa is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,082 from $64,390. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 178 of 493 locally.
- This $58,673 adjusted figure, worked from $64,390, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 178 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 178 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $57,680 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,970 at the bottom tenth to $69,190 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $58,673.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Iowa adds its own income tax on top — which is why $52,082 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Iowa is $57,680. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,970 to $69,190) 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 $58,673 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 $52,082 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.