Construction Managers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,513
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$23,767
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,068
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
$99,280
Kept after tax
$75,513
Worth in national money
$85,068
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction managers is on the low side in Iowa. The middle earner gets $99,280. That is 46 of 51 states, and about 13.66% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Iowa. It ranks 46 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $99,280 you keep $75,513, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $85,068 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $112,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For construction managers, Iowa sits in the lower band at $99,280, ranking 46 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 13.66%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Iowa, construction managers ranks 46 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for construction managers on $99,280 is $75,513. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $85,068 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 $112,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,250 |
| This salary | $99,280 |
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 | $75,513 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,673 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,108 |
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 | $94,787 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,674 |
| 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 construction managers in Iowa earn under $99,280 and half over. The published range runs $65,260 at the tenth percentile to $167,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $75,513 take-home in Iowa comes from $99,280. 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 46 of 493.
- Two cautions on $85,068, the adjusted value of that $99,280 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 46 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction managers in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,260 to $167,250; 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 $75,513, from $99,280, 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 46 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- This $85,068 adjusted figure, worked from $99,280, 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 46 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 46 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 $112,130, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $65,260, the highest tenth $167,250, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $85,068 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, $75,513 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $112,130. 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 ($65,260) and the ninetieth ($167,250) 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 $85,068 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 $75,513 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.