Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Iowa

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

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Biological Technicians$48,050800View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$48,030420View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$48,010370View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks$47,9901,640View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$47,960660View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$47,9101,600View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists$47,9101,600View salary detail
Patient Representatives$47,9101,600View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists$47,9101,600View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$47,900850View salary detail
Community Health Workers$47,780390View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers$47,770210View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,5907,170View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,5907,770View salary detail
Special Effects Artists and Animators$47,530—View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$47,520380View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$47,4801,020View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,330420View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand$47,280—View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,240450View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators$47,2201,530View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$47,2002,000View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers$47,180210View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$47,180410View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers$47,1204,400View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,1101,010View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks$47,1103,660View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,010—View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,0001,460View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$46,970430View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians$46,820180View salary detail
Floor Sanders and Finishers$46,81030View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$46,740600View salary detail
Parts Salespersons$46,6703,810View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers$46,670100View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,6109,970View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,5901,120View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$46,57040View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$46,560390View salary detail
File Clerks$46,560430View salary detail
Furniture Finishers$46,53070View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$46,460250View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$46,4302,820View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,380890View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers$46,360120View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$46,330400View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School$46,3204,840View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing$46,220340View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$46,220340View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing$46,220340View 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.