Education Administrators, All Other in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,313
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$21,657
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,338
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
$92,970
Kept after tax
$71,313
Worth in national money
$80,338
State rank
27
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays this job around $92,970 at the midpoint, 27 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Iowa this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 63 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $92,970 the take-home is $71,313; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,338 would nationally. The average comes to $103,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education administrators, all other the Iowa median is $92,970, ranking 27 of 49 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Iowa publishes a median for, education administrators, all other sits 63 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, all other in Iowa, on $92,970, is $71,313 — equivalent to $80,338 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 $103,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,770 |
| This salary | $92,970 |
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 | $71,313 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,234 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,945 |
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 | $88,818 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,450 |
| 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 education administrators, all other in Iowa earn under $92,970 and half over. The published range runs $53,320 at the tenth percentile to $165,770 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $71,313 take-home in Iowa comes from $92,970. 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 63 of 493.
- Two cautions on $80,338, the adjusted value of that $92,970 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 63 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,320 to $165,770; 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 $71,313, from $92,970, 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 63 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 49 for it.
- This $80,338 adjusted figure, worked from $92,970, 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 63 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 63 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 $103,530 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $53,320 and the top tenth $165,770 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $80,338.
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 $71,313 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 $103,530. 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 ($53,320) and the ninetieth ($165,770) 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 $80,338 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 $71,313 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.