Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (5 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 420 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$290,000	$139.42	130
2	Physicians, All Other	$289,460	$139.16	60
3	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$239,200 or more	$115.00 or more	90
4	Chief Executives	$182,650	$87.81	240
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$141,160	$67.87	240
6	Managers, All Other	$140,410	$67.51	380
7	Physician Assistants	$139,050	$66.85	80
8	Pharmacists	$135,140	$64.97	340
9	Sales Managers	$134,160	$64.50	300
10	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$131,870	$63.40	50
11	Marketing Managers	$130,520	$62.75	160
12	Nurse Practitioners	$126,340	$60.74	300
13	Financial Managers	$125,500	$60.34	770
14	Human Resources Managers	$124,720	$59.96	180
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,910	$59.57	250
16	Natural Sciences Managers	$123,560	$59.40	40
17	Purchasing Managers	$119,740	$57.57	90
18	Public Relations Managers	$116,010	$55.78	40
19	Veterinarians	$113,900	$54.76	130
20	Administrative Services Managers	$109,850	$52.81	110
21	Optometrists	$108,910	$52.36	60
22	Industrial Production Managers	$106,360	$51.13	760
23	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$104,010	$50.01	50
24	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$102,850	$49.45	270
25	Electrical Engineers	$101,580	$48.84	110

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.