Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,615
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$11,245
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,767
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
$59,860
Kept after tax
$48,615
Worth in national money
$54,767
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Iowa is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $59,860, which ranks 12 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 5.85% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 225 among 493 occupations Iowa publishes pay for.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,860 you keep $48,615, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,767 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Iowa ranks 12 of 47 states publishing a median for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, at $59,860 — about 5.85% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 225 of 493 in Iowa places farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians on $59,860 is $48,615. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,767 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 $61,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,880 |
| This salary | $59,860 |
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 | $48,615 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,278 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,027 |
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 | $57,790 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,661 |
| 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 farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Iowa earn under $59,860 and half over. The published range runs $44,190 at the tenth percentile to $77,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Iowa's $48,615, worked from $59,860. 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 225 of 493.
- Two cautions on $54,767, the adjusted value of that $59,860 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 225 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,190 to $77,880; 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.
- The Iowa take-home of $48,615, on $59,860 for work ranking 225 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 225 of 493 in the state.
- This $54,767 adjusted figure, worked from $59,860, 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 225 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 225 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,190 at the bottom tenth to $77,880 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $54,767 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, $48,615 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($44,190 to $77,880) 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 $54,767 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 $48,615 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.