Order Clerks in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,224
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$7,756
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,934
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
$44,980
Kept after tax
$37,224
Worth in national money
$41,934
State rank
28
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays order clerks around $44,980 at the midpoint, 28 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Iowa publishes, order clerks lands at 373. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,980 you keep $37,224, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,934 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $46,280, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For order clerks the Iowa median is $44,980, ranking 28 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Iowa, this work ranks 373 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for order clerks on $44,980 is $37,224. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,934 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 $46,280 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,140 |
| This salary | $44,980 |
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 | $37,224 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,321 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,499 |
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 | $43,614 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,022 |
| 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 order clerks in Iowa earn under $44,980 and half over. The published range runs $35,140 at the tenth percentile to $57,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,224 take-home in Iowa comes from $44,980. 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 373 of 493.
- Two cautions on $41,934, the adjusted value of that $44,980 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 373 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for order clerks in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,140 to $57,140; 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 $37,224, from $44,980, 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 373 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 48 for it.
- This $41,934 adjusted figure, worked from $44,980, 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 373 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 373 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,140 and the top tenth $57,140, so most people doing this work in Iowa sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,934 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $37,224.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,140 to $57,140) 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 $41,934 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 $37,224 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.