Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,996
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$7,074
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,425
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
$42,070
Kept after tax
$34,996
Worth in national money
$39,425
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Iowa is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $42,070, ranking 46 of 49 states — about 36.05% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Iowa, this one sits low: 394 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $42,070 you keep $34,996 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $39,425 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- Iowa ranks 46 of 49 for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other, with a median of $42,070 — about 36.05% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other occupies position 394 of 493 in Iowa's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $34,996 after the full tax stack, from $42,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,425 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,660 |
| This salary | $42,070 |
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 | $34,996 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,983 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,396 |
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 | $40,842 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,897 |
| 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 $42,070. The published range is $32,230 up to $85,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,996 take-home in Iowa comes from $42,070. 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 394 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,425, the adjusted value of that $42,070 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 394 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,230 to $85,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,996, from $42,070, 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 394 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $39,425 — the adjusted value of that $42,070 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 394 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 $50,990 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,230, the highest tenth $85,660, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $39,425.
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, $34,996 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $50,990. 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 ($32,230) and the ninetieth ($85,660) 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 $39,425 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 $34,996 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.