Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,827
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$9,473
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,247
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
$52,300
Kept after tax
$42,827
Worth in national money
$48,247
State rank
20
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays this job around $52,300 at the midpoint, 20 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Iowa, this sits in the middle: 274 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $52,300 you keep $42,827, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $48,247 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $53,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer numerically controlled tool operators the Iowa median is $52,300, ranking 20 of 48 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.
- Computer numerically controlled tool operators ranks 274 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.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for computer numerically controlled tool operators on $52,300 is $42,827. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $48,247 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 $53,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,040 |
| This salary | $52,300 |
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 | $42,827 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,203 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,759 |
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 | $50,588 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,337 |
| 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 $52,300. The published range is $39,450 up to $63,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,827 take-home in Iowa comes from $52,300. 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 274 of 493.
- Two cautions on $48,247, the adjusted value of that $52,300 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 274 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,450 to $63,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,827, from $52,300, 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 274 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 48 for it.
- This $48,247 adjusted figure, worked from $52,300, 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 274 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 274 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,450 at the tenth percentile, $63,040 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,247.
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, $42,827 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,450 to $63,040) 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 $48,247 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 $42,827 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.