Sales Managers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,381
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$35,629
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,831
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
$134,010
Kept after tax
$98,381
Worth in national money
$110,831
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Iowa sits in the middle of the pack for sales managers. The median is $134,010, ranking 29 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Iowa. It ranks 11 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $134,010 you keep $98,381 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $110,831 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $147,720, since top earners drag the number up.
- Iowa occupies the middle band for sales managers: a median of $134,010, ranking 29 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Iowa, sales managers ranks 11 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $98,381 after the full tax stack, from $134,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $110,831 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $147,720 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $220,770 |
| This salary | $134,010 |
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 | $98,381 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $102,862 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,979 |
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 | $127,455 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,078 |
| 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 $134,010. The published range is $72,130 up to $220,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $98,381 take-home in Iowa comes from $134,010. 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 11 of 493.
- Two cautions on $110,831, the adjusted value of that $134,010 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 11 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for sales managers in Iowa the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $72,130 to $220,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $98,381, from $134,010, 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 11 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 50 for it.
- This $110,831 adjusted figure, worked from $134,010, 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 11 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 11 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $147,720, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $72,130, the highest tenth $220,770, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $110,831.
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 $98,381.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Iowa is $147,720. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($72,130) and the ninetieth ($220,770) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $110,831 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 $98,381 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.