Packers and Packagers, Hand · SOC 53-7064
Packers and Packagers, Hand Salary in the Iowa
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Iowa
Figures describe the state of Iowa as a whole.
Packers and Packagers, Hand in the Iowa earned a median of $37,470 per year ($18.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,870 at the 10th percentile to $48,000 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,090 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Packers and Packagers, Hand in the Iowa earn more than $37,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,260 and $43,010.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,870 | $33,260 | $37,470 | $43,010 | $48,000 |
| Hourly | $14.36 | $15.99 | $18.02 | $20.68 | $23.08 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Iowa$37,470 median for Iowa; middle half earns $33,260 to $43,010
- United Statesnational$36,280 median for United States; middle half earns $32,220 to $43,060
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Iowa
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for packers and packagers, hand, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Iowathis page$37,470 median for Iowa; middle half earns $33,260 to $43,010
- $38,120 median for Dubuque metro area; middle half earns $36,800 to $43,830
- $37,540 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $35,690 to $43,010
- $37,390 median for Sioux City metro area; middle half earns $33,090 to $45,220
- $37,340 median for Iowa City metro area; middle half earns $35,920 to $39,750
- $36,010 median for Waterloo metro area; middle half earns $31,650 to $41,020
- $35,020 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $35,020 to $42,030
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for packers and packagers, hands · Highest-paying occupations in Iowa
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.