Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Ames, IA

320 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Ames, IA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$58,410	40	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$58,230	60	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$57,800	80	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$57,580	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$57,360	50	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$57,060	110	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$56,920	30	View salary detail
Chiropractors	$56,890	30	View salary detail
Carpenters	$55,640	210	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$55,600	150	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$54,950	60	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$54,950	60	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$54,780	220	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$54,770	670	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$54,510	640	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$54,460	40	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$53,710	90	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$53,180	60	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,020	110	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$51,360	60	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$50,950	110	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$50,730	270	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$50,260	400	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$49,850	70	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,810	600	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,670	190	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$49,140	110	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$48,740	620	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$48,680	50	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$48,430	140	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$48,430	140	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$48,320	70	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$48,310	110	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$48,300	350	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$48,250	280	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$48,230	60	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$48,060	50	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$48,060	50	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$48,060	50	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$48,060	50	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$47,980	100	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,970	470	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$47,870	50	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,840	210	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$47,810	90	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$47,660	50	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$47,610	30	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$47,330	50	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$47,050	90	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$46,850	150	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.