Compliance Officers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,767
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$15,853
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,330
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
$75,620
Kept after tax
$59,767
Worth in national money
$67,330
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays compliance officers around $75,620 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Compliance officers ranks 133 among 493 occupations Iowa publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $75,620 you keep $59,767 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $67,330 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $79,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- For compliance officers the Iowa median is $75,620, ranking 29 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.
- Position 133 of 493 in Iowa places compliance officers 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.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $59,767 after the full tax stack, from $75,620. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $67,330 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $79,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,460 |
| This salary | $75,620 |
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 | $59,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,498 |
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 | $72,405 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,832 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of compliance officers in Iowa earn under $75,620 and half over. The published range runs $49,940 at the tenth percentile to $114,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,767 take-home in Iowa comes from $75,620. 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 133 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,330, the adjusted value of that $75,620 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 133 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for compliance officers in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,940 to $114,460; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $59,767, from $75,620, 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 133 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $67,330 — the adjusted value of that $75,620 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 133 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 $79,990 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,940 at the bottom tenth to $114,460 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $67,330.
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 $59,767.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $79,990. 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 ($49,940) and the ninetieth ($114,460) 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 $67,330 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 $59,767 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.