Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,359
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$10,861
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,352
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
$58,220
Kept after tax
$47,359
Worth in national money
$53,352
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays this job around $58,220 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Iowa, this sits in the middle: 240 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,220 you keep $47,359 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,352 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,830.
- For cement masons and concrete finishers the Iowa median is $58,220, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Cement masons and concrete finishers ranks 240 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.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $47,359 after the full tax stack, from $58,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,352 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,830 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,180 |
| This salary | $58,220 |
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 | $47,359 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,969 |
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 | $56,228 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,591 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,220 as a midpoint for Iowa, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,910 and the ninetieth is $74,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Iowa the take-home figure of $47,359, from $58,220, 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 240 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,352, the adjusted value of that $58,220 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 240 of 493 locally.
- The Iowa median of $58,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,910 to $74,180. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Iowa is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,359 from $58,220. 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 240 of 493 locally.
- This $53,352 adjusted figure, worked from $58,220, 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 240 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 240 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,910 at the tenth percentile, $74,180 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Iowa sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,352 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $47,359 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,910 to $74,180) 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 $53,352 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 $47,359 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.