Pest Control Workers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,461
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$7,829
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,202
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
$45,290
Kept after tax
$37,461
Worth in national money
$42,202
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays pest control workers around $45,290 at the midpoint, 23 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Pest control workers ranks 369 among 493 occupations Iowa publishes pay for.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,290 the take-home is $37,461; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,202 would nationally. The average lands at $44,210, below the middle of the range.
- For pest control workers the Iowa median is $45,290, ranking 23 of 50 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.
- Position 369 of 493 in Iowa places pest control workers 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 pest control workers in Iowa, on $45,290, is $37,461 — equivalent to $42,202 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 $44,210 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pest Control Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,250 |
| This salary | $45,290 |
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 | $37,461 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,571 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,510 |
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 | $43,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,036 |
| 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 pest control workers in Iowa earn under $45,290 and half over. The published range runs $35,750 at the tenth percentile to $57,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Iowa's $37,461, worked from $45,290. 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 369 of 493.
- Two cautions on $42,202, the adjusted value of that $45,290 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 369 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pest control workers in Iowa, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,750 to $57,250; 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.
- The Iowa take-home of $37,461, on $45,290 for work ranking 369 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 369 of 493 in the state.
- This $42,202 adjusted figure, worked from $45,290, 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 369 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 369 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,750 at the tenth percentile, $57,250 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,202 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $37,461 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,750 to $57,250) 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 $42,202 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 $37,461 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.