SALARY · RECREATION WORKERS · IOWA

Recreation Workers salary in Iowa

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In Iowa, recreation workers sat at a median of $33,700 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$33,700

$16 per hour at the median · That is $2,860 (7.8 percent) below the national median of $36,560 for this occupation.

$34,740Mean annual salary
$17Mean hourly wage
$2,870People employed in this job in Iowa

Salary range

25th: $28,790Median: $33,70075th: $38,100
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$28,790
Median (50th percentile)$33,700
75th percentile$38,100
Mean$34,740

The middle half of workers earned from $28,790 to $38,100 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

$28,629 a year
$2,386 a month
Federal tax $1,864 · FICA $2,578 · State tax $629

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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