Calculate take-home pay after Iowa state tax
Calculate your after-tax income in Iowa. Includes federal income tax, FICA, and Iowa state income tax.
State income tax rates vary significantly. Some states like Texas, Florida, and Washington have no state income tax, while others like California and New York have high rates. Use this calculator to see your true take-home pay in Iowa.
The median annual wage for all occupations in Iowa is $50,330 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2024 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey. Iowa lowered its minimum for small employers to $7.25 under a 2025 rollback of youth-wage rules. For anyone comparing offers across state lines, these two numbers — the median and the floor — bracket what an employer in Iowa typically pays.
As of 2025 the effective minimum wage in Iowa is $7.25 per hour. That works out to $15,080 per year at a full-time 2,080-hour schedule. Use the calculator above to convert any hourly figure — including this floor — into weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual figures for Iowa.
Is Iowa's minimum wage higher than the federal rate? No — it matches the federal $7.25.
What is a good salary in Iowa? Anything above the $50,330 statewide median puts a single earner above half of all workers in Iowa; household costs vary considerably by metro.
How do taxes change take-home pay in Iowa? Iowa taxes income at a flat 3.8% (2025), the same rate at every income level, so state tax scales evenly with pay rather than jumping at bracket lines.