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Iowa Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Iowa-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Iowa is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Iowa Salaries

How Iowa salaries compare to the national market

Iowa trade wages run about 7% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.93 Iowa wage index to national medians. Data centres have reshaped the market, Meta in Altoona and Microsoft around West Des Moines have run continuous electrical and mechanical build-outs for a decade, while ethanol plants, ag processing and the Quad Cities' heavy manufacturing supply steady industrial maintenance. On the tax side, Iowa withholds Flat 3.8% from 2025, with no local wage tax on top.

Iowa: iowa salary calculator — Iowa wage index 0.93× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~7% below, State income tax Flat 3.8% from 2025. Simplified outline of Iowa, stylised and not to scale.
Simplified outline of Iowa — a stylised shape, not to scale.
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Iowa trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Iowa-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.93 Iowa wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeIowa median / yrNational medianIowa / hr
Electrician$58,770$63,190$28.25
Plumber$59,330$63,800$28.52
HVAC Technician$56,740$61,010$27.28
Pipefitter$59,330$63,800$28.52
Ironworker$58,390$62,780$28.07
Carpenter$56,340$60,580$27.09

Trade pay by Iowa metro

Local BLS medians vs the Iowa state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Des Moines$61,1201.04× state
Cedar Rapids$58,7701.0× state
Davenport-Quad Cities$58,1800.99× state
Sioux City$55,8300.95× state
What is driving trade demand in Iowa?

Data centres and processing plants. Meta's Altoona campus and Microsoft's West Des Moines sites have kept electrical, mechanical and controls crews continuously busy for years, and each expansion phase restarts the cycle. Add ethanol and ag-processing maintenance across the state and heavy manufacturing in the Quad Cities, and Iowa offers steadier industrial work than its population would suggest.

How accurate is the Iowa benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Iowa wage index (0.93×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Des Moines scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Iowa salary guide.

Does a Iowa salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Iowa withholds Flat 3.8% from 2025 from every paycheck, with no local wage tax on top, which costs roughly $3,705 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Iowa paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Iowa?

It varies by role: the Iowa electrician median is about $58,770, plumbers $59,330, HVAC technicians $56,740, and pipefitters $59,330 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Iowa-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Iowa wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.93 Iowa factor to localise them, reflecting that Iowa gross pay runs about 7% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Iowa metros pay trades the most?

Des Moines leads at about 4% above the state figure, driven by data-centre and insurance-campus construction in Polk and Dallas counties. Cedar Rapids sits at parity on food-processing and industrial work, the Quad Cities just under it with Illinois-side competition, and Sioux City lowest of the four.

Do Iowa trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Iowa follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard, and data-centre build-outs and spring ethanol-plant turnarounds are the reliable sources of extended overtime. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.93 Iowa wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Iowa Department of Revenue · Iowa Workforce Development. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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