Education Administrators, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $93K, rent takes 18.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,064/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new education administrators, all others typically earn — is $53K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,199/month. At HUD’s $1,064/month FMR, rent would take 33% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $93K locally vs. $95K nationally, a 2% difference.

Iowa pays $93K median vs. the U.S. average of $95K — that’s -2%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.86), the purchasing-power equivalent is $105K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $92,970 a year, that works out to about $45 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $53,320, and experienced education administrators, all others can clear $165,770. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,743/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,064/month, which eats 18.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Iowa has a Regional Price Parity of 88.86 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median education administrators, all other salary is worth about $104,625 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.