Des Moines, IA Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,920	150	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$47,330	150	View salary detail
Web Developers	$61,960	150	View salary detail
Chemists	$87,560	150	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$51,520	150	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$49,040	150	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$43,010	140	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$50,390	140	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$49,160	140	View salary detail
Purchasing Managers	$122,910	140	View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists	$120,030	140	View salary detail
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$95,200	140	View salary detail
Database Architects	$120,030	140	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$48,820	140	View salary detail
Art Directors	$90,000	130	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$109,750	130	View salary detail
Geneticists	$99,420	130	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$43,960	130	View salary detail
Biologists	$99,420	130	View salary detail
Lodging Managers	$60,740	130	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	$70,180	130	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$43,960	130	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$43,960	130	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$121,490	130	View salary detail
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$59,100	130	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,470	130	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$99,420	130	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$46,950	130	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$42,960	130	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$37,670	130	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$99,420	130	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$99,420	130	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$60,980	120	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$54,230	120	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,180	120	View salary detail
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists	$81,330	120	View salary detail
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$127,190	120	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$46,310	120	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$45,700	120	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$64,260	120	View salary detail
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$81,330	120	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$46,310	120	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$59,230	120	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,890	120	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$55,400	120	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,160	120	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$60,040	120	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$46,310	120	View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	$23,830	110	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$38,550	110	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.