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

Secretary of State

47 people in FY22, paid $2.2M in all, an average of $47,606.

People

Fiscal year	People
FY26	51
FY25	49
FY24	47
FY23	46
FY22	47
FY21	41
FY20	44
FY19	46
FY18	47
FY17	41
FY16	46
FY15	44
FY14	34
FY13	36
FY12	38
FY11	46
FY10	40
FY09	42
FY08	42
FY07	54

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Fiscal year	People
FY26	51
FY25	49
FY24	47
FY23	46
FY22	47
FY21	41
FY20	44
FY19	46
FY18	47
FY17	41
FY16	46
FY15	44
FY14	34
FY13	36
FY12	38
FY11	46
FY10	40
FY09	42
FY08	42
FY07	54

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Total pay

$2.9M

Fiscal year	Total pay
FY26	$2.9M
FY25	$2.7M
FY24	$2.6M
FY23	$2.4M
FY22	$2.2M
FY21	$2.1M
FY20	$2.0M
FY19	$1.8M
FY18	$1.9M
FY17	$1.9M
FY16	$1.8M
FY15	$1.7M
FY14	$1.8M
FY13	$1.9M
FY12	$2.1M
FY11	$1.9M
FY10	$2.1M
FY09	$2.1M
FY08	$2.0M
FY07	$2.1M

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Fiscal year	Total pay
FY26	$2.9M
FY25	$2.7M
FY24	$2.6M
FY23	$2.4M
FY22	$2.2M
FY21	$2.1M
FY20	$2.0M
FY19	$1.8M
FY18	$1.9M
FY17	$1.9M
FY16	$1.8M
FY15	$1.7M
FY14	$1.8M
FY13	$1.9M
FY12	$2.1M
FY11	$1.9M
FY10	$2.1M
FY09	$2.1M
FY08	$2.0M
FY07	$2.1M

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Jobs by title, FY22

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

Title	People	Average pay	Average base salary
Other titles	26	$68,067	$76,080
Administrative Intern	10	$3,274	$27,979
Administrative Assistant 2	6	$39,280	$58,122
Clerk Specialist	5	$39,857	–

All agencies

65,312

people paid in FY22

$3.85B

total pay in FY22, $3.02B in FY12

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, FY22

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, FY12
University of Iowa	26,695	$1.80B	$67,427	21,109
Iowa State University	12,554	$565.7M	$45,065	9,970
Human Services	4,667	$260.4M	$55,787	6,186
Transportation	3,277	$183.4M	$55,981	3,361
Corrections	3,124	$175.3M	$56,113	3,224
University of Northern Iowa	2,260	$117.6M	$52,034	2,550
Judicial Branch	1,967	$120.2M	$61,126	1,908
Drug Control Policy	1,504	$66.5M	$44,225	1,595
Public Safety	952	$74.1M	$77,863	1,006
Veterans Home	940	$38.5M	$40,956	1,089
Education	825	$56.6M	$68,597	900
Workforce Development	800	$47.3M	$59,071	1,021
Public Health	628	$37.9M	$60,379	569
Legislature	556	$23.4M	$42,017	619
Public Defense	525	$33.8M	$64,320	532
Agriculture and Land Stewardship	452	$22.8M	$50,520	409
Commerce	402	$29.0M	$72,063	397
Revenue	394	$22.4M	$56,747	408
Inspections and Appeals	350	$23.4M	$66,858	668
Attorney General	275	$25.2M	$91,484	279
Administrative Services	261	$16.4M	$62,714	439
Iowa School for the Deaf	186	$7.1M	$38,273	187
Homeland Security and Emergency Management	179	$6.8M	$37,785	–
Auditor of State	127	$7.9M	$61,822	124
Chief Information Officer	127	$10.9M	$86,188	–
Economic Development	118	$9.0M	$75,982	169
Lottery Authority	116	$7.7M	$65,964	139
Department for the Blind	109	$4.5M	$41,044	99
Finance Authority	103	$7.7M	$74,385	117
Board of Regents (office)	95	$5.2M	$54,915	138
IPERS	91	$7.5M	$82,460	85
College Student Aid Commission	89	$2.7M	$30,680	53
Cultural Affairs	82	$4.0M	$48,360	88
Iowa Communications Network	80	$7.0M	$87,321	102
Human Rights	57	$3.3M	$58,710	61
Aging	50	$3.2M	$64,373	38
Secretary of State	47	$2.2M	$47,606	38
Civil Rights	43	$1.3M	$30,279	47
Law Enforcement Academy	39	$1.9M	$49,786	32
Governor’s Office	31	$2.3M	$75,021	29
Treasurer of State	31	$1.7M	$55,141	32
Veterans Affairs	24	$989K	$41,198	15
Management	23	$2.2M	$96,891	26
Board of Parole	17	$789K	$46,420	17
Educational Examiners	16	$1.1M	$68,468	–
Public Employment Relations	11	$938K	$85,311	13
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure	8	$463K	$57,864	10
Public Information Board	5	$218K	$43,550	–

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.