Salaries for Iowa's state employees have grown since 2020, but so has the wage gap between male and female employees. For fiscal year 2025, the most recent for which salary data is available, the median income for a state of Iowa employee was $56,545, a 6% increase over the prior year, according to a Des Moines Register analysis of Iowa's State Salary Book. But the median income for a male employee ($61,474) was more than $8,000 higher than the median income for a female employee ($52,825). And that gap has widened over the past five years. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. #Iowa #IApolitics #genderpaygap