Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Waterloo, IA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Crane and Tower Operators	$60,110	40	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$60,020	80	View salary detail
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$59,950	360	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$59,910	40	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$59,880	200	View salary detail
Social and Community Service Managers	$59,820	210	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$59,770	170	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$59,760	70	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$59,630	270	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$59,470	40	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$59,440	40	View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists	$59,410	70	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$59,380	140	View salary detail
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$59,340	140	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$58,860	60	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,730	1,600	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$58,190	150	View salary detail
Machinists	$58,100	180	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$57,660	50	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$57,430	160	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$57,370	280	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$57,300	40	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$56,530	170	View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	$56,100	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$55,860	70	View salary detail
Carpenters	$55,840	260	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$55,550	170	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$55,000	110	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$54,920	80	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$54,470	50	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$53,480	170	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$53,340	30	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$53,220	190	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$51,890	240	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$51,660	40	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$51,600	720	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$51,500	40	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$51,500	40	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$51,500	40	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$51,500	40	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$51,320	350	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$51,250	660	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$51,150	80	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$51,080	540	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$51,060	110	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$50,940	870	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$50,850	90	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$50,770	140	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$50,720	70	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,400	220	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.