Production Workers, All Other in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,818
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$7,632
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,477
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
$44,450
Kept after tax
$36,818
Worth in national money
$41,477
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Iowa pays production workers, all other a middle wage of $44,450, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 10.82% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Iowa publishes, production workers, all other lands at 380. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Iowa is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,450 the take-home is $36,818; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,477 would nationally. The average comes to $44,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Iowa's median for production workers, all other is $44,450, about 10.82% above the national figure and 17 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Iowa, this work ranks 380 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.
- Post-tax income for production workers, all other in Iowa, on $44,450, is $36,818 — equivalent to $41,477 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 $44,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,650 |
| This salary | $44,450 |
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 | $36,818 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,480 |
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 | $43,109 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,000 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,450 as a midpoint for Iowa, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,680 and the ninetieth is $60,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,818 take-home in Iowa comes from $44,450. 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 380 of 493.
- Two cautions on $41,477, the adjusted value of that $44,450 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 380 of 493 locally.
- The Iowa median of $44,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,680 to $60,650. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $36,818, from $44,450, 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 380 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- This $41,477 adjusted figure, worked from $44,450, 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 380 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 380 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,680 at the tenth percentile, $60,650 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,477.
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 $36,818.
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 ($30,680 to $60,650) 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 $41,477 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 $36,818 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.