Average Wage

Average Wages per Job
Metro/County	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
State	27,282	28,159	28,952	30,045	31,409	32,389
Ames, IA (MSA)	25,811	26,514	27,270	28,450	29,413	30,205
Cedar Rapids, IA	32,422	33,012	33,135	34,409	35,898	37,245
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	29,935	30,729	31,603	32,528	34,151	35,234
Des Moines, IA	32,264	33,484	34,795	36,310	37,917	39,175
Dubuque, IA	26,674	27,700	28,570	29,564	30,902	31,788
Iowa City, IA	27,238	28,284	28,855	29,606	30,812	31,560
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	31,198	31,810	33,088	34,216	35,503	36,667
Sioux City, IA-NE	27,814	28,042	28,476	29,364	30,494	30,880
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	26,602	27,824	28,553	29,484	31,459	32,262
Iowa (Metropolitan Portion)	29,442	30,425	31,244	32,405	33,870	34,944
Iowa (Non-Metropolitan Portion)	24,107	24,798	25,523	26,487	27,660	28,474
Adair	22,163	22,920	23,257	24,416	25,550	26,063
Adams	22,209	22,149	22,520	23,927	26,930	25,284
Allamakee	19,836	20,637	21,446	22,167	23,591	24,097
Appanoose	21,564	22,297	23,293	24,265	25,452	25,715
Audubon	19,678	20,694	21,308	22,255	23,328	23,982
Benton	22,294	23,316	23,740	25,367	26,938	27,133
Black Hawk	27,082	28,326	29,070	29,995	32,117	32,850
Boone	25,841	26,206	27,106	28,586	29,950	30,521
Bremer	23,905	25,194	25,990	26,689	27,933	28,809
Buchanan	23,215	23,949	23,991	24,975	25,991	26,360
Buena Vista	22,304	22,638	23,496	23,652	24,434	25,672
Butler	20,132	20,657	21,216	22,176	23,354	23,916
Calhoun	19,065	20,074	20,626	21,094	22,382	23,133
Carroll	21,360	22,127	22,603	23,343	24,636	26,008
Cass	21,654	21,769	23,079	23,636	24,451	24,583
Cedar	21,870	22,125	23,038	23,833	24,882	25,635
Cerro Gordo	24,717	25,849	26,419	27,676	29,409	30,041
Cherokee	22,043	22,523	24,139	25,016	26,564	26,809
Chickasaw	23,170	22,398	23,352	23,874	24,891	25,251
Clarke	22,286	23,238	24,031	24,938	24,915	25,362
Clay	23,702	24,379	25,439	26,535	28,166	28,573
Clayton	21,758	22,732	23,822	24,487	25,714	26,298
Clinton	25,277	25,808	26,451	27,127	28,059	29,222
Crawford	22,659	24,230	24,643	25,832	26,945	27,991
Dallas	26,338	26,330	26,630	27,852	32,722	33,852
Davis	21,774	22,368	22,273	23,317	24,088	24,358
Decatur	17,618	18,121	18,786	19,670	20,816	21,528
Delaware	21,901	22,886	23,502	25,606	25,597	26,497
Des Moines	27,758	28,287	28,732	28,948	30,035	30,559
Dickinson	22,517	22,629	23,347	25,586	25,606	25,417
Dubuque	26,674	27,700	28,570	29,564	30,902	31,788
Emmet	23,606	24,318	24,227	24,994	26,067	26,848
Fayette	20,335	21,069	22,072	22,770	23,498	24,160
Floyd	22,021	23,361	23,841	24,763	26,013	26,510
Franklin	23,478	24,257	24,952	25,587	26,696	27,278
Fremont	25,657	25,001	26,514	27,810	30,327	30,722
Greene	22,223	22,137	22,904	24,175	25,166	25,990
Grundy	24,600	25,189	25,294	26,853	28,150	30,003
Guthrie	19,389	19,876	20,846	22,650	24,398	26,558
Hamilton	24,306	25,521	25,704	27,520	28,120	29,498
Hancock	25,742	26,372	28,523	28,233	30,957	30,110
Hardin	22,599	23,750	24,447	24,859	26,855	27,955
Harrison	21,297	22,477	23,053	23,923	25,101	26,261
Henry	26,200	27,381	28,196	28,900	29,514	31,154
Howard	22,762	22,763	23,540	24,767	25,546	26,660
Humboldt	23,005	24,182	24,255	24,698	25,737	26,486
Ida	24,849	24,625	25,778	26,638	27,644	28,638
Iowa	27,035	28,016	28,738	29,626	30,296	30,656
Jackson	18,633	19,755	20,388	21,255	21,831	22,739
Jasper	29,472	30,677	30,813	31,922	32,637	32,789
Jefferson	28,156	27,153	27,182	27,764	28,750	29,412
Johnson	27,821	28,902	29,452	30,126	31,407	32,103
Jones	21,540	22,045	22,899	24,376	25,239	26,029
Keokuk	21,250	22,769	23,290	23,783	23,474	24,493
Kossuth	21,113	22,138	23,149	24,225	25,331	26,248
Lee	26,393	27,713	28,151	29,838	30,985	31,938
Linn	33,488	34,078	34,160	35,409	36,954	38,386
Louisa	22,315	23,505	24,119	24,963	25,620	27,429
Lucas	22,484	24,145	25,154	25,462	25,810	27,470
Lyon	19,232	19,969	20,420	21,626	22,982	23,844
Madison	21,201	21,627	22,630	23,515	24,258	25,227
Mahaska	22,079	23,235	24,184	25,575	26,853	28,273
Marion	29,323	28,145	28,767	29,840	31,940	32,979
Marshall	26,388	27,378	27,936	29,141	30,323	31,064
Mills	23,289	23,961	25,693	26,648	27,124	28,528
Mitchell	21,640	22,898	23,828	24,807	25,992	27,139
Monona	19,215	20,320	20,811	21,461	22,290	23,978
Monroe	27,011	22,794	23,764	25,537	25,726	27,161
Montgomery	22,558	22,403	23,404	24,007	25,885	26,658
Muscatine	31,018	31,200	32,559	33,697	35,333	36,521
O'Brien	19,651	20,420	21,064	21,618	22,767	23,626
Osceola	21,082	21,824	22,355	23,560	25,057	26,135
Page	23,049	22,998	23,515	24,261	25,442	25,849
Palo Alto	20,303	20,866	21,754	22,572	23,647	24,935
Plymouth	24,698	25,937	28,131	28,411	30,065	31,769
Pocahontas	20,808	20,813	21,671	23,046	23,218	24,329
Polk	33,219	34,528	35,944	37,529	39,114	40,456
Pottawattamie	24,728	25,925	26,713	27,751	29,143	30,636
Poweshiek	25,835	26,736	27,363	28,952	30,128	30,874
Ringgold	20,658	21,682	20,396	21,903	23,014	24,972
Sac	20,104	21,267	21,363	22,648	24,321	25,123
Scott	28,474	29,221	29,826	30,591	31,745	32,794
Shelby	19,715	20,804	21,892	22,596	23,622	24,678
Sioux	21,574	22,476	23,431	24,656	25,466	26,462
Story	25,811	26,514	27,270	28,450	29,413	30,205
Tama	21,781	22,709	23,219	24,143	25,131	26,124
Taylor	18,506	19,458	19,908	20,972	22,857	24,077
Union	22,051	22,705	23,812	24,238	25,673	26,103
Van Buren	20,879	21,836	22,478	23,946	25,569	25,947
Wapello	24,197	26,271	26,563	27,474	29,091	29,932
Warren	22,162	23,052	24,097	25,243	26,320	26,942
Washington	21,448	22,041	22,773	24,122	24,378	25,602
Wayne	18,973	19,561	19,900	20,752	21,466	22,022
Webster	26,085	26,936	28,398	29,159	30,464	31,158
Winnebago	19,735	20,843	21,691	22,892	24,187	24,603
Winneshiek	22,543	23,259	24,174	25,179	26,040	26,864
Woodbury	25,923	26,585	27,430	28,338	29,456	29,924
Worth	20,542	21,600	22,123	23,125	24,587	24,536
Wright	24,782	25,463	25,524	27,282	28,294	29,930