High paying management jobs in Dubuque, IA

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dubuque, IA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Dubuque, IA run 12.7% below the national average (2024), so a Dubuque, IA salary is worth about 1.15× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Dubuque, IA · Employed

1Chief Executives$212,880
Bachelor's degree
$80,460 – $454,180100
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$149,300
Bachelor's degree
$122,650 – $217,880230
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$136,670
Bachelor's degree
$93,440 – $203,600120
4Sales Managers$130,980
Bachelor's degree
$70,860 – $341,100160
5Human Resources Managers$129,670
Bachelor's degree
$88,830 – $204,92070
6Marketing Managers$127,280
Bachelor's degree
$78,270 – $207,17090
7Financial Managers$126,980
Bachelor's degree
$82,950 – $212,130390
8Administrative Services Managers$119,770
Bachelor's degree
$61,990 – $176,59070
9Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$116,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,970 – $185,19090
10Managers, All Other$104,900
Bachelor's degree
$36,390 – $187,440150
11Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$102,660
Master's degree
$77,460 – $151,53090
12Construction Managers$102,240
Bachelor's degree
$62,400 – $174,73080
13Industrial Production Managers$101,850
Bachelor's degree
$63,580 – $179,510190
14Medical and Health Services Managers$99,240
Bachelor's degree
$64,680 – $162,750200
15Facilities Managers$99,010
Bachelor's degree
$61,890 – $139,32080
16General and Operations Managers$92,530
Bachelor's degree
$40,560 – $194,7201,170
17Food Service Managers$76,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,100 – $89,24090
18Social and Community Service Managers$61,500
Bachelor's degree
$33,520 – $105,360110
19Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$58,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $109,82060
20Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$49,650
Bachelor's degree
$35,580 – $80,12040

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianDubuque, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$212,880	$80,460 – $454,180	100
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$149,300	$122,650 – $217,880	230
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$136,670	$93,440 – $203,600	120
4	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,980	$70,860 – $341,100	160
5	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,670	$88,830 – $204,920	70
6	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,280	$78,270 – $207,170	90
7	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$126,980	$82,950 – $212,130	390
8	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$119,770	$61,990 – $176,590	70
9	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$116,010	$58,970 – $185,190	90
10	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$104,900	$36,390 – $187,440	150
11	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$102,660	$77,460 – $151,530	90
12	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,240	$62,400 – $174,730	80
13	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$101,850	$63,580 – $179,510	190
14	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$99,240	$64,680 – $162,750	200
15	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$99,010	$61,890 – $139,320	80
16	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$92,530	$40,560 – $194,720	1,170
17	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,910	$46,100 – $89,240	90
18	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$61,500	$33,520 – $105,360	110
19	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,890	$36,820 – $109,820	60
20	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$49,650	$35,580 – $80,120	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dubuque, IA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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