Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,967
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$11,353
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,163
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
$60,320
Kept after tax
$48,967
Worth in national money
$55,163
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Iowa pays this job around $60,320 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 221 among 493 occupations Iowa publishes pay for.
- Here is where Iowa does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,320 you keep $48,967, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,163 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For production, planning, and expediting clerks the Iowa median is $60,320, ranking 20 of 51 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 221 of 493 in Iowa places production, planning, and expediting clerks 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.
- After federal, FICA and Iowa income tax, retained pay for production, planning, and expediting clerks on $60,320 is $48,967. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,163 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 $61,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,550 |
| This salary | $60,320 |
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 | $48,967 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,647 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,044 |
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 | $58,229 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,681 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,320 as a midpoint for Iowa, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,370 and the ninetieth is $80,550 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Iowa's $48,967, worked from $60,320. 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 221 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,163, the adjusted value of that $60,320 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 221 of 493 in the state.
- The Iowa median of $60,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,370 to $80,550. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Iowa take-home of $48,967, on $60,320 for work ranking 221 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 221 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $55,163 — the adjusted value of that $60,320 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 221 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,370 at the tenth percentile, $80,550 at the ninetieth.
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 $55,163 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 $48,967.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,370 to $80,550) 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 $55,163 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 $48,967 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.