Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Des Moines, IA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$61,830	80	View salary detail
Music Directors and Composers	$61,740	70	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$61,710	160	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$61,650	3,640	View salary detail
Clergy	$61,640	80	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$61,630	1,050	View salary detail
Transportation Security Screeners	$61,590	110	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants	$61,360	170	View salary detail
Carpenters	$61,360	1,810	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$61,140	2,940	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$60,980	120	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$60,980	1,150	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$60,900	560	View salary detail
Lodging Managers	$60,740	130	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$60,720	7,840	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$60,600	730	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$60,540	270	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$60,530	840	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$60,470	1,870	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$60,410	370	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$60,320	720	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$60,310	580	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$60,080	1,190	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$60,070	70	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$60,040	120	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$60,000	90	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$59,980	1,170	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$59,700	530	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$59,470	100	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$59,450	2,110	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$59,370	210	View salary detail
Machinists	$59,290	210	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$59,230	120	View salary detail
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$59,100	130	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$59,080	50	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$58,930	290	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$58,870	430	View salary detail
Biostatisticians	$58,840	—	View salary detail
Statisticians	$58,840	—	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$58,690	280	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$58,600	300	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$58,210	450	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$57,840	190	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$57,580	650	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$57,560	60	View salary detail
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$57,440	80	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$57,410	620	View salary detail
Sound Engineering Technicians	$57,400	40	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$57,300	270	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$57,080	90	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.