Occupations Reported in Iowa

834 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Iowa for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported employment.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Cardiologists	$283,070	100	View salary detail
Podiatrists	$134,830	100	View salary detail
Gambling Managers	$76,350	100	View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	$46,670	100	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists	$80,810	100	View salary detail
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining	$48,490	100	View salary detail
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$48,400	100	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$33,910	100	View salary detail
Tapers	$66,980	100	View salary detail
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	$37,440	100	View salary detail
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,160	100	View salary detail
Physical Scientists, All Other	$80,810	100	View salary detail
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$76,850	100	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$45,910	100	View salary detail
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$75,130	100	View salary detail
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$131,730	100	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$51,740	100	View salary detail
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$32,990	100	View salary detail
Agricultural Engineers	$96,290	100	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$39,830	100	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment	$75,130	100	View salary detail
Motion Picture Projectionists	$23,210	100	View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$43,310	90	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$39,520	90	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$87,300	90	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$84,570	90	View salary detail
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$115,300	90	View salary detail
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$81,710	90	View salary detail
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	$63,420	90	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$64,260	90	View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	$57,220	90	View salary detail
Survey Researchers	$83,170	90	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$61,080	90	View salary detail
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$394,900	90	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$79,880	90	View salary detail
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$160,700	90	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$83,000	90	View salary detail
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners	$38,700	90	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$51,790	80	View salary detail
Physicians, Pathologists	$323,460	80	View salary detail
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,100	80	View salary detail
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other	$33,370	80	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$87,270	80	View salary detail
Pourers and Casters, Metal	$49,010	80	View salary detail
Nurse Midwives	$131,360	80	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$58,690	80	View salary detail
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$123,500	80	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$42,610	80	View salary detail
Media and Communication Workers, All Other	$50,080	80	View salary detail
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,690	80	View salary detail

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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.