Nurse practitioner · Ames, IA
Nurse practitioner in Ames: $5,330/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Ames at $127,600 a year. About 70 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.62). The 10th percentile is $79,660 and the 90th is $172,140. Pay ranks 229th-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 14.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($760/mo). Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,330 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 191 miles away, at $5,483 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,330
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$127,600
$79,660 to $172,140
Rent (1 bd)
$760
$905 (2 bd)
Employment
70
Location quotient 0.62
Pay rank
229th of 383
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
14.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $127,600.
- Taxes$2,827
- Rent$760
- Other living costs$1,716
- Left over$5,330
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $127,600
- Federal income tax
- −$19,871
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,761
- State income tax (IA)
- −$4,294
- Take-home pay
- $93,674
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $760
- Groceries
- $347
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $391
- Utilities and internet
- $217
- Everything else
- $304
- Total spending
- $2,476
Left over each month
$10,633 gross, minus $2,827 in tax and $2,476 in living costs.
$5,330
Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $5,483/mo.
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Questions
What does a nurse practitioner make in Ames?
$127,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 70 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Ames?
$5,330 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax Rent is $760, and pay covers 14.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 191 miles away, leaves $5,483 a month, more than Ames.