Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Dubuque, IA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Physical Therapist Assistants	$51,640	50	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$51,290	60	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$51,000	70	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$50,770	230	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$50,700	30	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$50,140	40	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,930	30	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$49,800	260	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,740	130	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$49,720	—	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$49,720	60	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$49,650	40	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$49,440	40	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,180	290	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$49,170	110	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$49,150	120	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$49,130	140	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$48,800	500	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$48,750	130	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$48,690	280	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$48,620	120	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,620	70	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,850	160	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$47,840	200	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$47,820	30	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$47,690	70	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,640	160	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,630	520	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$47,400	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$47,150	360	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$47,090	90	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$47,090	90	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$47,060	80	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,770	180	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,720	80	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$46,670	1,880	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$46,540	50	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$46,140	120	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$46,050	50	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$46,040	240	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$45,960	980	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$45,960	980	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$45,740	30	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$45,560	40	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$45,430	440	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$45,100	250	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$45,060	160	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$44,980	920	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$44,730	210	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$44,260	80	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.