SALARY · OFFICE CLERKS, GENERAL · IOWA

Office Clerks, General salary in Iowa

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Iowa, the middle office clerks, general earned $44,310 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$44,310

$21 per hour at the median · That is $700 (1.6 percent) below the national median of $45,010 for this occupation.

$45,080Mean annual salary
$22Mean hourly wage
$23,120People employed in this job in Iowa

Salary range

25th: $36,180Median: $44,31075th: $51,830
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$36,180
Median (50th percentile)$44,310
75th percentile$51,830
Mean$45,080

The middle half of workers earned from $36,180 to $51,830 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$36,751 a year
$3,063 a month
Federal tax $3,137 · FICA $3,390 · State tax $1,032

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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