Average Wage

AVERAGE WAGES PER JOB
Area	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
United States Metropolitan	42,579	44,568	46,642	47,714	47,675	48,993
Iowa state total	32,362	33,589	35,210	36,259	36,449	37,409
Iowa Metropolitan	34,998	36,329	37,928	39,057	39,131	40,181
Iowa Non-Metropolitan	28,328	29,334	30,920	31,794	32,065	32,848
Ames	30,326	31,696	33,383	34,745	35,180	35,627
Cedar Rapids	37,255	38,334	40,505	41,727	41,252	42,406
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island	35,763	37,782	39,811	40,867	41,198	42,938
Des Moines-West Des Moines	39,274	40,840	42,475	43,392	43,542	44,920
Dubuque	31,826	32,504	33,810	35,083	35,128	36,308
Iowa City	31,602	32,752	34,387	35,828	36,244	37,027
Omaha-Council Bluffs	37,714	39,705	41,094	41,996	42,341	42,814
Sioux City	31,261	31,877	33,181	34,464	34,174	35,745
Waterloo-Cedar Falls	32,242	33,350	35,037	36,455	36,920	37,501
Counties
Adair	25,634	26,074	27,679	28,002	28,483	29,518
Adams	23,312	23,753	25,346	25,568	25,743	26,925
Allamakee	24,181	24,863	26,281	27,511	28,365	28,592
Appanoose	25,789	27,217	27,151	27,394	28,001	28,706
Audubon	23,888	25,820	28,740	28,233	28,738	30,143
Benton	27,068	28,206	29,584	30,576	30,569	31,155
Black Hawk	32,886	33,989	35,644	37,107	37,580	38,086
Boone	30,549	31,881	33,428	34,562	34,711	35,425
Bremer	28,665	29,825	31,263	33,035	33,078	33,979
Buchanan	26,020	27,213	28,335	28,436	29,168	30,161
Buena Vista	25,522	26,741	28,191	29,469	30,425	31,496
Butler	23,859	24,526	26,894	29,402	29,325	29,870
Calhoun	23,760	24,177	26,011	26,649	27,490	27,886
Carroll	26,289	27,269	29,521	30,442	30,652	31,489
Cass	24,737	25,964	27,179	28,664	29,676	30,725
Cedar	25,222	25,826	27,518	28,836	29,910	30,645
Cerro Gordo	30,048	31,112	32,342	33,168	33,947	34,918
Cherokee	26,339	27,587	29,066	29,712	30,225	30,476
Chickasaw	25,277	26,620	28,154	30,034	30,021	31,409
Clarke	25,505	26,223	27,702	28,338	29,323	30,551
Clay	28,556	29,216	31,183	32,431	32,486	33,861
Clayton	25,946	26,896	28,488	29,226	30,086	30,434
Clinton	29,432	29,619	31,617	32,698	32,908	33,296
Crawford	27,972	28,520	30,385	31,808	31,819	32,713
Dallas	34,584	36,928	40,452	41,232	41,561	44,599
Davis	23,424	24,169	25,952	27,183	27,687	28,018
Decatur	20,985	21,727	23,277	23,786	24,301	24,219
Delaware	26,818	28,313	29,655	30,612	30,531	31,776
Des Moines	30,703	32,392	33,242	33,858	33,730	35,017
Dickinson	25,564	27,001	28,409	29,071	28,940	30,001
Dubuque	31,826	32,504	33,810	35,083	35,128	36,308
Emmet	26,653	27,428	29,362	29,960	29,764	30,806
Fayette	23,788	24,422	26,275	27,477	28,281	28,379
Floyd	25,970	27,803	29,836	30,497	30,883	32,120
Franklin	27,362	29,012	30,995	31,517	32,205	33,937
Fremont	30,300	31,681	32,933	33,528	33,812	34,477
Greene	25,809	26,989	29,292	31,288	32,217	32,180
Grundy	29,276	30,587	33,400	33,226	34,406	35,381
Guthrie	27,112	28,206	30,268	31,493	30,509	31,234
Hamilton	28,690	28,694	30,800	31,754	30,903	31,890
Hancock	30,006	32,607	34,316	32,855	33,383	34,570
Hardin	27,764	29,216	31,214	31,319	32,186	31,817
Harrison	25,564	26,880	28,365	29,627	30,877	31,565
Henry	31,091	31,281	31,954	32,870	33,422	34,175
Howard	26,262	28,187	28,681	28,807	29,678	30,209
Humboldt	25,914	26,774	28,213	29,904	31,056	31,436
Ida	28,704	29,439	32,738	33,494	33,411	34,957
Iowa	29,991	30,992	32,000	34,817	32,289	33,150
Jackson	22,735	23,044	25,084	25,919	27,113	28,271
Jasper	32,659	36,461	34,331	31,641	32,645	33,398
Jefferson	29,361	29,606	30,762	30,759	30,510	31,783
Johnson	32,177	33,431	35,106	36,563	37,004	37,794
Jones	25,392	26,382	27,942	29,238	29,741	30,105
Keokuk	23,737	24,125	25,958	27,025	27,658	28,439
Kossuth	26,316	27,580	29,747	30,959	31,560	31,734
Lee	31,996	31,791	33,183	34,747	35,008	36,205
Linn	38,441	39,517	41,732	42,926	42,358	43,576
Louisa	26,866	27,088	31,444	30,352	31,031	32,553
Lucas	27,526	28,102	29,982	31,156	32,688	32,732
Lyon	24,036	25,719	28,408	28,158	28,992	29,756
Madison	25,681	26,218	28,474	29,098	29,724	30,235
Mahaska	28,007	28,743	30,614	31,596	31,522	32,256
Marion	32,835	33,410	35,763	36,486	34,738	36,017
Marshall	31,049	31,695	33,250	35,146	35,807	36,179
Mills	28,211	28,920	30,257	31,445	32,144	32,399
Mitchell	25,867	27,663	30,525	32,647	32,836	32,708
Monona	23,571	24,520	25,886	26,631	27,322	28,064
Monroe	33,754	34,647	35,818	37,741	38,079	39,676
Montgomery	26,686	28,011	29,600	30,389	31,284	32,423
Muscatine	36,508	37,517	39,920	40,710	40,129	41,156
O'Brien	23,445	24,533	26,216	27,532	28,181	28,891
Osceola	25,688	26,213	28,444	28,810	29,914	29,981
Page	25,690	26,420	28,179	29,643	30,135	30,605
Palo Alto	24,574	25,161	26,949	27,323	28,314	28,961
Plymouth	31,758	32,315	33,761	34,161	35,375	36,080
Pocahontas	24,343	25,311	27,418	29,995	29,518	30,208
Polk	40,505	42,060	43,528	44,458	44,590	45,831
Pottawattamie	30,757	33,903	33,230	33,571	33,354	33,662
Poweshiek	30,463	31,842	32,440	32,741	33,373	34,866
Ringgold	23,598	26,107	26,308	26,740	28,703	28,431
Sac	24,029	25,347	27,846	29,344	29,792	30,260
Scott	32,832	33,875	35,312	36,136	36,119	37,233
Shelby	24,779	25,589	27,242	28,874	29,526	30,521
Sioux	26,087	27,245	29,223	29,777	29,749	30,484
Story	30,326	31,696	33,383	34,745	35,180	35,627
Tama	25,617	26,961	28,399	29,349	29,820	30,125
Taylor	23,348	24,771	27,283	27,688	28,945	29,583
Union	26,175	27,551	28,665	29,600	30,546	31,321
Van Buren	25,206	26,508	28,806	29,474	29,290	29,891
Wapello	28,872	29,950	31,484	33,281	33,479	33,536
Warren	26,895	27,663	28,838	29,855	30,397	31,067
Washington	25,230	25,647	27,063	28,174	28,233	28,964
Wayne	21,352	22,253	23,344	25,000	26,195	27,361
Webster	30,980	32,023	33,210	34,659	34,815	35,610
Winnebago	24,567	25,709	28,813	28,767	28,904	29,508
Winneshiek	26,808	27,901	29,031	30,070	29,921	30,611
Woodbury	29,948	30,666	32,061	33,811	33,524	34,562
Worth	24,197	25,486	27,688	28,927	29,524	29,608
Wright	27,985	28,305	31,166	31,551	32,539	33,347