Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 86.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD moved from $45,930 in May 2024 to $47,030 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Sioux City, IA-NE-SD sits -0.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
Retail Salespersons publishes $30,150 here versus $35,410 nationally (-14.9%; 2,220metro-area jobs). Next is Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers at $51,540 locally versus $58,640 nationally (-12.1%).
- Retail Salespersons$30,150 in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD sits 14.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,220 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$51,540 in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD sits 12.1% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,820 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,090 in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD sits 6.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,060 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Sioux City, IA-NE-SD; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 43580 · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #350/528
- RPP-QUIET 86.5
- OCC-MID 288 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $300K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Huntington-Ashla…
- BOOK-MOST 288 rows · May 2025
Read with Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH ($4 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
Where Sioux City, IA-NE-SD already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Sioux City, IA-NE-SD's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 230 jobs · $134,510
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 210 jobs · $122,430
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $129,060
- 4. Lawyers 150 jobs · $120,790
- 5. Construction Managers 140 jobs · $114,960
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 140 jobs · $104,380
- 7. Chief Executives 130 jobs · $220,590
- 8. Computer Occupations, All Other 130 jobs · $108,820
- 9. Industrial Engineers 130 jobs · $105,660
- 10. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $139,600
- 11. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $132,150
- 12. Managers, All Other 100 jobs · $105,370
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $135,570
- 14. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 90 jobs · $104,460
- 15. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 90 jobs · $102,340
- 16. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $130,970
- 17. Computer Network Architects 70 jobs · $114,050
- 18. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 70 jobs · $105,000
Occupations Tracked
288
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,096
employment-weighted, 288 complete rows
Top Salary
$300,040
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
86.5
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Managers | $134,510 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $122,430 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,060 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $120,790 |
| 5 | Construction Managers | $114,960 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $104,380 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $220,590 |
| 8 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $108,820 |
| 9 | Industrial Engineers | $105,660 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $139,600 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $132,150 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $105,370 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $135,570 |
| 14 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,460 |
| 15 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,340 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $130,970 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $114,050 |
| 18 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $105,000 |
| 19 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,490 |
| 20 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $191,280 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $125,430 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $164,990 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $119,410 |
| 24 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $300,040 |
| 25 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $111,060 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,750 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,430 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,110 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,080 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,080 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,390 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,090 |
| Dishwashers | $29,230 |
| Childcare Workers | $29,330 |
| Cashiers | $29,470 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in IA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside IA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($55,096 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Sioux City, IA-NE-SD wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD at $300,040/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,096 adjusts to about $63,729 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 86.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.