Financial Managers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,936
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$35,384
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,329
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
$133,320
Kept after tax
$97,936
Worth in national money
$110,329
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for financial managers is on the low side in Iowa. The middle earner gets $133,320. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 19.96% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Iowa reports, financial managers comes in at 12 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $133,320 the take-home is $97,936; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $110,329 would nationally. The average comes to $149,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial managers, Iowa sits in the lower band at $133,320, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.96%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Financial managers ranks 12 of 493 occupations by median in Iowa, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for financial managers in Iowa, on $133,320, is $97,936 — equivalent to $110,329 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 $149,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $133,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $225,920 |
| This salary | $133,320 |
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 | $97,936 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $102,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,962 |
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 | $126,803 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,055 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $133,320 as a midpoint for Iowa, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,020 and the ninetieth is $225,920 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Iowa the take-home figure of $97,936, from $133,320, 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 12 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $110,329, the adjusted value of that $133,320 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 12 of 493 locally.
- The Iowa median of $133,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,020 to $225,920. 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 $97,936 from $133,320. 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 12 of 493 locally.
- This $110,329 adjusted figure, worked from $133,320, 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 12 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 12 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $149,730, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $80,020 at the bottom tenth to $225,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $110,329 in national terms.
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 $97,936 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $149,730. 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 ($80,020) and the ninetieth ($225,920) 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 $110,329 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 $97,936 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.