CRNA salary in Iowa
Use this page to benchmark how crna pay is showing up in Iowa right now, which metro markets appear strongest, and how the state compares with the broader national picture.
As of September 2026, CRNAs in Iowa earn a median of $315,000 per year on Anesthesio, with the middle half of salary-bearing postings between $275,000 and $375,000. The figures come from 16 active openings that publish pay, not from survey estimates, and refresh as postings change. That is above the national CRNA midpoint of $285,000.
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Market signal from live postings
About 65 CRNA postings are active in Iowa on Anesthesio. The tables below split posted pay by employment type and by practice setting, using every active posting that publishes compensation; a row appears only when at least ten postings support it. 39% of permanent postings advertise a sign-on bonus. Computed September 26, 2026.
| Employment type | Median | Middle range | Active postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent (employed / W-2) | $317,500 | $283,775 – $375,425 | about 19 |
| LocumsHourly rates annualized at 2,080 hours | $520,000 | $494,000 – $527,800 | about 30 |
| Setting | Median | Middle range | Active postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | $375,850 | $308,750 – $504,400 | about 25 |
Locums and per diem figures convert posted hourly or daily rates to an annual equivalent so the rows compare on one scale; they are gross contract rates, not W-2 salaries with benefits. Postings without a published rate are excluded. Educational context only, not tax or legal advice.
A few current examples from the live job feed so the salary page stays tied to real market openings.
Use the role-wide salary rankings page to see where Iowa sits relative to the other published CRNAs markets, then move back into any state page for local context.
Start with the strongest state-level salary markets where Anesthesio has enough active compensation data to publish a useful snapshot.
Once you know how Iowa compares on pay, the next useful move is usually checking broader compensation framing, role tradeoffs, or real offer math before you commit to a package story.
Zoom out from one CRNA state page when taxes, benefits, or package structure matter more than a single local median.
Check where one interesting state sits against the broader CRNA leaderboard before you commit to a market story.
Use the broad decision guide when local pay research turns into a bigger role-choice question.
Practical market context, not a synthetic salary survey.
These salary pages are built from active CRNA job postings on Anesthesio that include structured compensation data. We use salary ranges from current listings, compute midpoints for directional market comparisons, and surface percentile bands to show spread rather than pretending the market has one exact number.
That means this page is best used for market orientation: understanding where current openings cluster, how wide compensation ranges look, and which states or metros are paying above or below the middle of the market right now.
Based on current salary-bearing CRNA listings on Anesthesio, the market midpoint in Iowa is around $315,000, with most current salary ranges clustering between $275,000 and $375,000.
Iowa currently sits above the national midpoint on Anesthesio’s active salary-bearing listings. That does not mean every job in the state pays more or less — it just means the current state-level market signal is moving higher than the national center.
On active Iowa postings, permanent CRNA roles show a median of $317,500 ($283,775 to $375,425 middle range), while locums postings annualize to a median of $520,000 from their hourly rates at 2,080 hours. Locums figures are gross contract rates without benefits, so compare them with the W-2 vs 1099 tool before treating the gap as take-home.
Use it to benchmark whether a target job looks below-market, near-market, or above-market for Iowa, then open individual listings and the Offer Comparison tool when you need to model taxes, bonuses, or employment-structure tradeoffs on a real offer.
Switch into side-by-side package modeling once a state-specific CRNA lead becomes a real offer decision.