Information Security Analysts in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,109
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$30,601
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,385
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
$119,710
Kept after tax
$89,109
Worth in national money
$100,385
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Iowa is 23 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $119,710. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Iowa this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 24 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $119,710 you keep $89,109, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $100,385 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $119,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Iowa ranks 23 of 48 for information security analysts at $119,710. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Iowa publishes a median for, information security analysts sits 24 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for information security analysts on $119,710 is $89,109. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $100,385 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 $119,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,620 |
| This salary | $119,710 |
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 | $89,109 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,046 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,634 |
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 | $114,113 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,527 |
| 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 information security analysts in Iowa earn under $119,710 and half over. The published range runs $71,550 at the tenth percentile to $169,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $89,109 take-home in Iowa comes from $119,710. 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 24 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $100,385 uses one figure for the whole of Iowa. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 24.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,550 to $169,620; 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 $89,109, from $119,710, 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 24 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $100,385, worked from $119,710, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Iowa address, on work sitting at 24 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $71,550 at the bottom tenth to $169,620 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 $100,385 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, $89,109 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($71,550) and the ninetieth ($169,620) 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 $100,385 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 $89,109 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.