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Iowa minimum wage 2026

Official

The Iowa rate, the next increase and a full-time paycheck after tax.

From Iowa Department of Revenue and IRS 
Minimum wage
$7.25
an hour
Next rate
none scheduled
Full time, after tax
$13,926
a year
Rank
#32 of 51
by minimum wage, 1 is the highest (tied)

What is the minimum wage in Iowa in 2026?

The Iowa minimum wage is $7.25 an hour in 2026, the same as the federal minimum. Among its neighbors, the minimum wage is higher in Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota and the same in Wisconsin.

Will the Iowa minimum wage go up in 2027?

No increase is scheduled, so it stays at $7.25 an hour in 2027.

  1. $7.25 an hour

  2. Today, November 1, 2026

How much is minimum wage a year in Iowa?

Full time, an Iowa minimum wage job pays $15,080 a year before tax.

A year
$15,080
A month
$1,256.67
Every two weeks
$580.00
A week
$290.00
How this is calculated
  1. The hourly rate times 40 hours a week times 52 weeks.

How much is a minimum wage paycheck after taxes in Iowa?

After taxes, full-time minimum wage work in Iowa takes home $13,926 a year. Each paycheck every two weeks comes to $534.13. It takes 149.4 hours of work to take home $1,000. The Iowa paycheck calculator shows any other wage or hours.

Take-home per year
$13,926
Every two weeks
$534.13
Per hour after tax
$6.70
In national prices
$15,868
How this is calculated
  1. Full-time pay of $15,080 through federal, Social Security, Medicare and Iowa taxes for 2026.
  2. The reference worker is a single filer with one job, paid every two weeks, with a standard Form W-4 and no pre-tax deductions, under 65.

Is $20 an hour good pay in Iowa?

It is below the middle: $20 an hour is more than 36% of Iowa workers earn, but less than half of them. The Iowa median wage is $23.34 an hour.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$20.00

Wage statistics cover employees in all jobs, full and part time, not the self-employed.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Iowa?

Tipped workers in Iowa can be paid $4.35 an hour if tips bring them to at least $7.25.

The employer must make up the difference in any week tips fall short.

How has the Iowa minimum wage changed?

It has been $7.25 an hour since July 24, 2009, when the federal minimum last rose.

$0$2$4$6$8$7.25
Iowa minimum wage on January 1 of selected years (DOL), with the current rate.

How does the Iowa minimum wage compare with other states?

Iowa is tied for last with 19 other states at $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum; the highest is Washington, DC at $18.40 an hour. Utah's minimum wage is the same $7.25, and so is the rate in Mississippi and Pennsylvania. The minimum wage by state page lists all of them.

What percent of Iowa workers earn minimum wage?

0.7% of hourly workers in Iowa earned the federal minimum of $7.25 or less in 2024.

At or below $7.25
0.7%
of hourly workers, 2024
Hourly-paid workers
858K
At or below the federal rate
6K

Workers paid less than the minimum are mostly tipped or exempt from the law.

Questions people ask

How much is minimum wage per week in Iowa?

Full time, an Iowa minimum wage job takes home $267.82 a week after taxes.

Is the Iowa minimum wage worth more in local prices?

Yes. After taxes and Iowa prices, a full-time minimum wage job is worth $15,868 a year at average US prices, more than its $13,926 take-home.