Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,945
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$16,445
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,657
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
$77,390
Kept after tax
$60,945
Worth in national money
$68,657
State rank
12
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Iowa pays this job a middle wage of $77,390, ranking 12 of 46 states and sitting about 16.78% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Iowa, this sits in the middle: 124 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,390 the take-home is $60,945; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,657 would nationally. The average lands at $75,840, below the middle of the range.
- Iowa's median for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists is $77,390, about 16.78% above the national figure and 12 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ranks 124 of 493 occupations in Iowa by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Iowa, on $77,390, is $60,945 — equivalent to $68,657 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 $75,840 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,810 |
| This salary | $77,390 |
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 | $60,945 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,274 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,544 |
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 | $74,079 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,895 |
| 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 $77,390. The published range is $57,410 up to $94,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $60,945 take-home in Iowa comes from $77,390. 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 124 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,657 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 124.
- Reported values are medians; for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,410 to $94,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $60,945, from $77,390, 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 124 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,657, worked from $77,390, 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 124 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $57,410 at the bottom tenth to $94,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $68,657 in national terms.
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 $60,945.
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 ($57,410 to $94,810) 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 $68,657 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 $60,945 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.