Food Batchmakers Salary in Ames, IA

Food Batchmakers pay range in Ames

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,380 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,190 or more. The middle half of food batchmakers in Ames earn between $46,130 and $58,090.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Food Batchmakers salary after taxes in Ames

On the average salary of $50,870, a single filer in Ames takes home about $41,733 a year, or $3,478 a month and $1,605 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Iowa school district surtaxes (a percentage of state tax in some districts) are not included.

Is Ames a good place for food batchmakers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Ames area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.8), so the average $50,870 buys what about $57,267 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Ames ($50,220). A typical home costs $280,269, or 5.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Food Batchmakers salary in other Iowa cities

Ames ranks 2nd of 8 Iowa metro areas for this job; Cedar Rapids pays the most ($64,370).

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Highest-paying cities for food batchmakers

Cedar Rapids, IA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($64,370).

Food Batchmakers salary by city

Related jobs in Ames

• Food Processing Workers, All Other$42,470 a year
• Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,550 a year
• Bakers$34,870 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,590 a year
• Production Workers, All Other$64,230 a year
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$63,000 a year
• Machinists$62,700 a year
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$62,040 a year

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