Tire Repairers and Changers in Iowa
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,042
after federal, FICA and Iowa tax
Tax takes
$6,168
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,096
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
$38,210
Kept after tax
$32,042
Worth in national money
$36,096
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Iowa sits in the middle of the pack for tire repairers and changers. The median is $38,210, ranking 25 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Iowa, this one sits low: 427 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,210 you keep $32,042 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,096 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $40,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- Iowa occupies the middle band for tire repairers and changers: a median of $38,210, ranking 25 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.
- Tire repairers and changers occupies position 427 of 493 in Iowa's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Iowa is $32,042 after the full tax stack, from $38,210. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,096 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $40,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,680 |
| This salary | $38,210 |
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 | $32,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,882 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,259 |
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 | $37,164 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,732 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,210 as a midpoint for Iowa, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,360 and the ninetieth is $48,680 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,042 take-home in Iowa comes from $38,210. 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 427 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Iowa, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,096, the adjusted value of that $38,210 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 427 of 493 in the state.
- The Iowa median of $38,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,360 to $48,680. 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 $32,042, from $38,210, 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 427 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Iowa, so $36,096 — the adjusted value of that $38,210 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 427 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,760, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,360 at the tenth percentile, $48,680 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 $36,096.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Iowa adds its own income tax on top — which is why $32,042 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $40,760. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,360 to $48,680) 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 $36,096 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 $32,042 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.