Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $20,950 here versus $35,230 nationally (-40.5%; 2,200metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $79,320 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-25.0%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$20,950 in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits 40.5% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,200 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$79,320 in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits 25.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,690 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$49,980 in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits 21.9% below the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,130 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,120 in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits 20.8% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (3,890 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1900004 · Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #382/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 419 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $290K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Gettysburg, PA
- BOOK-FULL 412 rows · May 2025
Read with Gettysburg, PA (+$10 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Southeast Iowa nonmetropoli…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 770 jobs · $125,500
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 760 jobs · $106,360
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 670 jobs · $101,280
- 4. Managers, All Other 380 jobs · $140,410
- 5. Pharmacists 340 jobs · $135,140
- 6. Sales Managers 300 jobs · $134,160
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $126,340
- 8. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 270 jobs · $102,850
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 250 jobs · $123,910
- 10. Chief Executives 240 jobs · $182,650
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 240 jobs · $141,160
- 12. Human Resources Managers 180 jobs · $124,720
- 13. Marketing Managers 160 jobs · $130,520
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 130 jobs · $290,000
- 15. Veterinarians 130 jobs · $113,900
- 16. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $109,850
- 17. Electrical Engineers 110 jobs · $101,580
- 18. Purchasing Managers 90 jobs · $119,740
Occupations Tracked
419
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,072
employment-weighted, 412 complete rows
Top Salary
$290,000
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,950 |
| Bartenders | $21,170 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $21,780 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $23,630 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,490 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,480 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,530 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,760 |
| Animal Caretakers | $26,790 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,460 |
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 ($54,072 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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