Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Waterloo Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area

Figures describe the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Waterloo city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (4 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 309 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$295,200	$141.92	90
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$287,990	$138.46	130
3	Anesthesiologists	$239,200 or more	$115.00 or more	50
4	Chief Executives	$199,010	$95.68	110
5	Dentists, General	$163,600	$78.66	60
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$140,340	$67.47	60
7	Pharmacists	$138,690	$66.68	160
8	Physician Assistants	$132,880	$63.89	60
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$132,210	$63.56	120
10	Veterinarians	$130,740	$62.86	60
11	Lawyers	$126,570	$60.85	160
12	Nurse Practitioners	$126,330	$60.73	260
13	Human Resources Managers	$125,970	$60.56	80
14	Financial Managers	$125,690	$60.43	370
15	Sales Managers	$125,050	$60.12	150
16	Marketing Managers	$114,940	$55.26	80
17	Software Developers	$113,970	$54.80	280
18	Computer Occupations, All Other	$107,660	$51.76	140
19	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$106,660	$51.28	90
20	Information Security Analysts	$106,350	$51.13	30
21	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$104,530	$50.26	70
22	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$103,680	Not published	250
23	Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,330	$49.68	340
24	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$103,180	Not published	160
25	Industrial Production Managers	$102,810	$49.43	170

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Waterloo metro 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.