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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How to use Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area at $290,000/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $54,072 across 412 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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 local-area 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.