Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,366
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$12,394
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,992
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
$64,760
Kept after tax
$52,366
Worth in national money
$58,992
State rank
11
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Iowa is one of the better-paying states for maintenance workers, machinery. The middle earner takes $64,760, which ranks 11 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 6.43% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Maintenance workers, machinery ranks 173 among 493 occupations Iowa publishes pay for.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,760 the take-home is $52,366; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,992 would nationally. The average comes to $66,110, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Iowa ranks 11 of 46 states publishing a median for maintenance workers, machinery, at $64,760 — about 6.43% 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 173 of 493 in Iowa places maintenance workers, machinery 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.
- Post-tax income for maintenance workers, machinery in Iowa, on $64,760, is $52,366 — equivalent to $58,992 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 $66,110 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,340 |
| This salary | $64,760 |
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 | $52,366 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,215 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,201 |
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 | $62,459 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,175 |
| 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 $64,760. The published range is $49,640 up to $79,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Iowa's $52,366, worked from $64,760. 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 173 of 493.
- Two cautions on $58,992, the adjusted value of that $64,760 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 173 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for maintenance workers, machinery in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,640 to $79,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Iowa take-home of $52,366, on $64,760 for work ranking 173 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 173 of 493 in the state.
- This $58,992 adjusted figure, worked from $64,760, 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 173 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 173 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,640 and the top tenth $79,340, so most people doing this work in Iowa sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $58,992.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Iowa then takes its own share, leaving $52,366.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,640 to $79,340) 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 $58,992 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 $52,366 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.