Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $27,640 here versus $32,880 nationally (-15.9%; 2,940metro-area jobs). Next is Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers at $57,980 locally versus $58,640 nationally (-1.1%).
- Cashiers$27,640 in Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits 15.9% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,940 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,980 in Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area sits 1.1% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,160 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1900003 · Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #412/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 276 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $311K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Northern Indiana…
- BOOK-MOST 270 rows · May 2025
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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 Southwest Iowa nonmetropoli…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 390 jobs · $102,710
- 2. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $116,220
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $137,420
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $101,780
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 180 jobs · $102,230
- 6. Chief Executives 150 jobs · $173,720
- 7. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $137,160
- 8. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 140 jobs · $97,660
- 9. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $99,060
- 10. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $130,950
- 11. Software Developers 90 jobs · $116,060
- 12. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $99,070
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $310,780
- 14. Occupational Therapists 60 jobs · $101,770
- 15. Veterinarians 60 jobs · $100,640
- 16. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $169,990
- 17. Physician Assistants 50 jobs · $140,100
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $125,330
Occupations Tracked
276
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,122
employment-weighted, 270 complete rows
Top Salary
$310,780
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Southwest 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.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $102,710 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $116,220 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $137,420 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $101,780 |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $102,230 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $173,720 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $137,160 |
| 8 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $97,660 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists | $99,060 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $130,950 |
| 11 | Software Developers | $116,060 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $99,070 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $310,780 |
| 14 | Occupational Therapists | $101,770 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $100,640 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $169,990 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $140,100 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $125,330 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $124,930 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $116,660 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $114,990 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $134,660 |
| 23 | Electrical Engineers | $102,760 |
| 24 | Nurse Anesthetists | $290,090 |
| 25 | Administrative Services Managers | $123,100 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $20,810 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,980 |
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | $21,170 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,990 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,490 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,500 |
| Animal Caretakers | $25,730 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $27,080 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,200 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,390 |
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 ($53,122 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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