Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Iowa City, IA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$58,430	80	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$58,350	230	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants	$58,140	60	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$58,130	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$57,860	60	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$57,780	130	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$57,560	120	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$57,320	70	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$57,310	40	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$56,810	60	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$56,430	40	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$55,650	40	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$55,350	60	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$54,140	130	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$53,850	130	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$52,640	290	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$52,210	70	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$51,880	70	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$51,710	30	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$51,630	90	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$51,630	90	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$51,630	90	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$51,590	100	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$51,590	100	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,570	100	View salary detail
Firefighters	$50,600	90	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,430	40	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$50,130	1,290	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$50,050	470	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$49,960	360	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,880	50	View salary detail
Carpenters	$49,680	360	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$49,590	160	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$49,350	110	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$49,270	200	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$49,230	280	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$49,220	660	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$49,060	40	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$49,000	50	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$49,000	50	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$48,870	120	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$48,790	220	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$48,760	160	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$48,740	130	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$48,530	190	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$48,050	520	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$48,030	100	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$48,030	70	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$47,940	800	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$47,780	100	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.