Computer Network Support Specialists in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,243
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$12,357
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,854
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
$64,600
Kept after tax
$52,243
Worth in national money
$58,854
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Iowa pays this job a middle wage of $64,600, 36 of 48 states and about 15.25% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Iowa reports figures for, this is number 174.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,600 the take-home is $52,243; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,854 would nationally. The average comes to $67,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Iowa's $64,600 median for computer network support specialists places it 36 of 48 states, about 15.25% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Iowa's occupational distribution, computer network support specialists sits at 174 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.
- Post-tax income for computer network support specialists in Iowa, on $64,600, is $52,243 — equivalent to $58,854 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 $67,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer Network Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,760 |
| This salary | $64,600 |
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 | $52,243 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,086 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,196 |
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 | $62,306 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,144 |
| 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 $64,600. The published range is $47,330 up to $93,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $52,243 take-home in Iowa comes from $64,600. 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 174 of 493.
- Two cautions on $58,854, the adjusted value of that $64,600 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 174 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer network support specialists in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,330 to $93,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $52,243, from $64,600, 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 174 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 48 for it.
- This $58,854 adjusted figure, worked from $64,600, 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 174 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 174 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 $67,600 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,330 and the top tenth $93,760, so most people doing this work in Iowa sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $58,854 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, $52,243 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $67,600. 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 ($47,330 to $93,760) 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 $58,854 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 $52,243 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.