High paying sales jobs in Iowa City, IA

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Iowa City, IA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single sales 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 Iowa City, IA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa City, IA salary is worth about 1.09× 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

Find sales jobs in Iowa City, IA

OccupationMedian, Iowa City, IA · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$102,900
Bachelor's degree
$60,460 – $188,170110
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$79,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,220 – $231,930100
3Insurance Sales Agents$71,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,730 – $117,340190
4Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$69,510
Bachelor's degree
$46,170 – $150,99090
5Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$67,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,270 – $128,210600
6Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$62,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $119,320330
7First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,620 – $72,930610
8Counter and Rental Clerks$44,020
No formal educational credential
$32,970 – $62,170110
9Parts Salespersons$39,160
No formal educational credential
$29,380 – $61,560120
10Sales and Related Workers, All Other$34,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,940 – $61,58050
11Retail Salespersons$29,940
No formal educational credential
$22,070 – $43,0502,710
12Cashiers$29,080
No formal educational credential
$23,300 – $37,2502,090

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa City, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$102,900	$60,460 – $188,170	110
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,250	$47,220 – $231,930	100
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,440	$31,730 – $117,340	190
4	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$69,510	$46,170 – $150,990	90
5	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,440	$39,270 – $128,210	600
6	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,160	$35,640 – $119,320	330
7	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,290	$33,620 – $72,930	610
8	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$44,020	$32,970 – $62,170	110
9	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$39,160	$29,380 – $61,560	120
10	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,240	$28,940 – $61,580	50
11	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$29,940	$22,070 – $43,050	2,710
12	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$29,080	$23,300 – $37,250	2,090

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Iowa City, 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.

More for Iowa City, IA

Other metro areas in IA

By field in Iowa City, IA

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Iowa City, IA to rank honestly.

High paying sales jobs in Iowa City, IA

More for Iowa City, IA

Other metro areas in IA

By field in Iowa City, IA

Without a degree

High paying sales jobs in each state