General and Operations Managers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,799
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$19,891
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,379
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
$87,690
Kept after tax
$67,799
Worth in national money
$76,379
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Iowa. The middle earner gets $87,690. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 17.09% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Iowa reports, this job comes in at 76 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $87,690 the take-home is $67,799; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $76,379 would nationally. The average comes to $106,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For general and operations managers, Iowa sits in the lower band at $87,690, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17.09%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- General and operations managers ranks 76 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 general and operations managers in Iowa, on $87,690, is $67,799 — equivalent to $76,379 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 $106,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $191,990 |
| This salary | $87,690 |
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 | $67,799 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,520 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,809 |
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 | $83,823 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,262 |
| 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 general and operations managers in Iowa earn under $87,690 and half over. The published range runs $42,850 at the tenth percentile to $191,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $67,799 take-home in Iowa comes from $87,690. 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 76 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,379, the adjusted value of that $87,690 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 76 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for general and operations managers in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,850 to $191,990; 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 $67,799, from $87,690, 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 76 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $76,379 — the adjusted value of that $87,690 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 76 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 $106,800, 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 $42,850 at the bottom tenth to $191,990 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Iowa sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $76,379 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $67,799 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 $106,800. 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 ($42,850) and the ninetieth ($191,990) 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 $76,379 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 $67,799 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.