Dietetic Technicians in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,753
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$5,467
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,518
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
$35,220
Kept after tax
$29,753
Worth in national money
$33,518
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dietetic technicians is on the low side in Iowa. The middle earner gets $35,220. That is 31 of 45 states, and about 6.43% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Iowa publishes, dietetic technicians lands at 460. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,220 you keep $29,753 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,518 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $34,720.
- For dietetic technicians, Iowa sits in the lower band at $35,220, ranking 31 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 6.43%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Iowa, this work ranks 460 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $29,753 after the full tax stack, from $35,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,518 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $34,720 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,660 |
| This salary | $35,220 |
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 | $29,753 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,479 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,152 |
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 | $34,316 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,603 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,220 as a midpoint for Iowa, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,760 and the ninetieth is $40,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Iowa the take-home figure of $29,753, from $35,220, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 460 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,518, the adjusted value of that $35,220 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 460 of 493 locally.
- The Iowa median of $35,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,760 to $40,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Iowa is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,753 from $35,220. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 460 of 493 locally.
- This $33,518 adjusted figure, worked from $35,220, 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 460 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 460 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $25,760 at the tenth percentile, $40,660 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 $33,518.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Iowa adds its own income tax on top — which is why $29,753 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($25,760 to $40,660) 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 $33,518 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 $29,753 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.