SALARY · NURSING ASSISTANTS · IOWA

Nursing Assistants salary in Iowa

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Iowa, nursing assistants earned a median of $39,350 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$39,350

$19 per hour at the median · That is $2,910 (6.9 percent) below the national median of $42,260 for this occupation.

$41,490Mean annual salary

$20Mean hourly wage

$22,670People employed in this job in Iowa

Salary range

25th: $37,360Median: $39,35075th: $45,650

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$37,360
Median (50th percentile)	$39,350
75th percentile	$45,650
Mean	$41,490

The middle half of workers earned from $37,360 to $45,650 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$32,954 a year

$2,746 a month

Federal tax $2,542 · FICA $3,010 · State tax $844

Iowa school district and county EMS surtaxes are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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