State money

State pay

How many people each state agency pays, and what it pays them, year by year. Pick an agency to see its jobs by title. Only totals and averages for groups of at least 5 people are shown, never one person’s pay.¹

Agency

Governor’s Office

32 people in FY20, paid $2.3M in all, an average of $72,232.

People

Fiscal year	People
FY26	30
FY25	39
FY24	32
FY23	37
FY22	31
FY21	35
FY20	32
FY19	36
FY18	24
FY17	32
FY16	32
FY15	28
FY14	31
FY13	30
FY12	29
FY11	67
FY10	48
FY09	49
FY08	48
FY07	65

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Fiscal year	People
FY26	30
FY25	39
FY24	32
FY23	37
FY22	31
FY21	35
FY20	32
FY19	36
FY18	24
FY17	32
FY16	32
FY15	28
FY14	31
FY13	30
FY12	29
FY11	67
FY10	48
FY09	49
FY08	48
FY07	65

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Total pay

$2.9M

$2.8M

Fiscal year	Total pay
FY26	$2.8M
FY25	$2.9M
FY24	$2.7M
FY23	$2.6M
FY22	$2.3M
FY21	$2.3M
FY20	$2.3M
FY19	$1.7M
FY18	$1.6M
FY17	$1.7M
FY16	$1.6M
FY15	$1.6M
FY14	$1.7M
FY13	$1.6M
FY12	$1.6M
FY11	$1.7M
FY10	$2.2M
FY09	$2.3M
FY08	$2.1M
FY07	$1.9M

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Fiscal year	Total pay
FY26	$2.8M
FY25	$2.9M
FY24	$2.7M
FY23	$2.6M
FY22	$2.3M
FY21	$2.3M
FY20	$2.3M
FY19	$1.7M
FY18	$1.6M
FY17	$1.7M
FY16	$1.6M
FY15	$1.6M
FY14	$1.7M
FY13	$1.6M
FY12	$1.6M
FY11	$1.7M
FY10	$2.2M
FY09	$2.3M
FY08	$2.1M
FY07	$1.9M

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Jobs by title, FY20

Titles held by fewer than 5 people here are combined into “Other titles”².

Title	People	Average pay	Average base salary
Other titles	32	$72,232	$92,094

All agencies

63,896

people paid in FY20

$3.61B

total pay in FY20, $2.86B in FY10

64%

of it paid by the three state universities and their hospitals

State payroll over time

Total pay for everyone in the salary book, each fiscal year, not adjusted for inflation.

Fiscal year	People	Total pay
FY26	68,019	$4.69B
FY25	70,390	$4.49B
FY24	69,436	$4.19B
FY23	61,110	$3.97B
FY22	65,312	$3.85B
FY21	63,829	$3.69B
FY20	63,896	$3.61B
FY19	60,445	$3.48B
FY18	59,867	$3.44B
FY17	59,400	$3.41B
FY16	58,988	$3.29B
FY15	60,138	$3.21B
FY14	59,859	$3.14B
FY13	59,488	$3.08B
FY12	59,929	$3.02B
FY11	60,125	$2.88B
FY10	59,113	$2.86B
FY09	60,328	$2.92B
FY08	60,262	$2.75B
FY07	67,695	$2.65B

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Fiscal year	People	Total pay
FY26	68,019	$4.69B
FY25	70,390	$4.49B
FY24	69,436	$4.19B
FY23	61,110	$3.97B
FY22	65,312	$3.85B
FY21	63,829	$3.69B
FY20	63,896	$3.61B
FY19	60,445	$3.48B
FY18	59,867	$3.44B
FY17	59,400	$3.41B
FY16	58,988	$3.29B
FY15	60,138	$3.21B
FY14	59,859	$3.14B
FY13	59,488	$3.08B
FY12	59,929	$3.02B
FY11	60,125	$2.88B
FY10	59,113	$2.86B
FY09	60,328	$2.92B
FY08	60,262	$2.75B
FY07	67,695	$2.65B

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By agency, FY20

Average pay is total pay divided by people, so part-time and part-year workers pull it down.

Agency	People	Total pay	Average pay	People, FY10
University of Iowa	25,241	$1.64B	$65,161	20,366
Iowa State University	13,158	$552.3M	$41,971	9,578
Human Services	4,618	$249.0M	$53,912	6,169
Transportation	3,291	$173.0M	$52,581	3,657
Corrections	2,942	$165.7M	$56,330	3,287
University of Northern Iowa	2,339	$121.9M	$52,107	2,550
Judicial Branch	1,904	$118.7M	$62,323	2,021
Drug Control Policy	1,415	$62.0M	$43,801	1,630
Veterans Home	1,010	$41.5M	$41,086	1,080
Public Safety	973	$69.9M	$71,838	1,027
Education	810	$53.6M	$66,183	851
Workforce Development	723	$43.7M	$60,501	1,034
Legislature	591	$20.6M	$34,861	599
Inspections and Appeals	588	$40.2M	$68,379	625
Public Health	569	$33.8M	$59,401	556
Agriculture and Land Stewardship	443	$21.7M	$48,965	415
Commerce	380	$26.2M	$68,868	366
Revenue	347	$19.1M	$55,059	391
Public Defense	293	$15.2M	$51,971	489
Attorney General	264	$22.2M	$84,008	279
Administrative Services	227	$13.9M	$61,216	438
Iowa School for the Deaf	193	$7.1M	$36,749	183
Auditor of State	132	$7.6M	$57,391	114
Economic Development	131	$8.1M	$61,858	160
Chief Information Officer	127	$10.8M	$84,957	–
Lottery Authority	115	$7.5M	$65,098	121
Board of Regents (office)	105	$5.0M	$47,336	164
Finance Authority	100	$7.0M	$69,590	107
Department for the Blind	99	$4.1M	$41,538	99
IPERS	89	$6.5M	$73,428	84
Cultural Affairs	86	$3.7M	$43,534	96
Iowa Communications Network	84	$7.1M	$83,989	92
College Student Aid Commission	82	$2.9M	$34,990	59
Homeland Security and Emergency Management	70	$4.9M	$70,467	–
Human Rights	50	$3.4M	$67,355	59
Secretary of State	44	$2.0M	$45,499	40
Law Enforcement Academy	37	$1.6M	$43,064	32
Treasurer of State	33	$1.8M	$53,820	35
Governor’s Office	32	$2.3M	$72,232	48
Aging	31	$2.1M	$66,766	39
Civil Rights	29	$1.4M	$47,746	44
Management	22	$2.2M	$99,759	33
Board of Parole	19	$747K	$39,298	20
Veterans Affairs	19	$842K	$44,305	15
Educational Examiners	16	$1.1M	$67,528	–
Public Employment Relations	12	$941K	$78,388	10
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure	9	$398K	$44,263	6
Public Information Board	4	–	–	–

A dash: fewer than 5 people, so pay isn’t shown.

Notes

From the State of Iowa Salary Book on the Iowa Data Hub, which lists everyone the state paid at least $1,000 in a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30), including the Regents universities, the courts and the Legislature, but not community-based corrections or State Fair staff. Someone who worked for two agencies counts in each. Pay is everything paid in the year, including overtime; travel reimbursements aren’t included. Iowa Funnel stores only totals: no names, and no figure for any group of fewer than 5 people. ↩
When “Other titles” itself would have fewer than 5 people, the smallest titles are added to it until it has 5. Base salary is the yearly rate the salary book lists; an hourly rate is counted as a full-time year of 2,080 hours, and rates that can’t be read as yearly are left out of that average. ↩

Sources: State of Iowa Salary Book, Iowa Data Hub dataset 1001 (Department of Administrative Services), FY2007 on.