Coaches and Scouts in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,569
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$8,781
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,703
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
$49,350
Kept after tax
$40,569
Worth in national money
$45,703
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Iowa is 17 of 49 states for coaches and scouts, with a middle wage of $49,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Coaches and scouts ranks 302 among 493 occupations Iowa publishes pay for.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,350 you keep $40,569, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,703 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $56,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Iowa ranks 17 of 49 for coaches and scouts at $49,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 302 of 493 in Iowa places coaches and scouts in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for coaches and scouts on $49,350 is $40,569. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,703 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $56,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coaches and Scouts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $19,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,980 |
| This salary | $49,350 |
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 | $40,569 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,833 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,654 |
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 | $47,777 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,210 |
| 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 $49,350. The published range is $19,010 up to $97,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $40,569 take-home in Iowa comes from $49,350. 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 302 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,703, the adjusted value of that $49,350 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 302 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for coaches and scouts in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $19,010 to $97,980. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $40,569, from $49,350, 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 302 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $45,703 — the adjusted value of that $49,350 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 302 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,450, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $19,010 and the top tenth $97,980 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,703.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Iowa then takes its own share, leaving $40,569.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $56,450. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($19,010) and the ninetieth ($97,980) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $45,703 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 $40,569 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.