Facilities Managers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,333
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$23,677
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,866
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
$99,010
Kept after tax
$75,333
Worth in national money
$84,866
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Iowa pays facilities managers a middle wage of $99,010, 37 of 51 states and about 7.17% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Iowa. It ranks 47 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,010 the take-home is $75,333; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $84,866 would nationally. The average comes to $101,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Iowa's $99,010 median for facilities managers places it 37 of 51 states, about 7.17% 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.
- Within Iowa, facilities managers ranks 47 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.
- Post-tax income for facilities managers in Iowa, on $99,010, is $75,333 — equivalent to $84,866 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 $101,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Facilities Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,010 |
| This salary | $99,010 |
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 | $75,333 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,484 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,101 |
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 | $94,532 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,664 |
| 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 $99,010. The published range is $60,030 up to $141,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Iowa's $75,333, worked from $99,010. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 47 of 493.
- Two cautions on $84,866, the adjusted value of that $99,010 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 47 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for facilities managers in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,030 to $141,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Iowa take-home of $75,333, on $99,010 for work ranking 47 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 47 of 493 in the state.
- This $84,866 adjusted figure, worked from $99,010, 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 47 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 47 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,030, the highest tenth $141,010, 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 $84,866 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, $75,333 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,030) and the ninetieth ($141,010) 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 $84,866 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 $75,333 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.