High paying sales jobs in Iowa

Every sales occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Iowa. 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 run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa salary is worth about 1.14× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Iowa.

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

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OccupationMedian, Iowa · Employed

1Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$103,380
Bachelor's degree
$55,390 – $184,1102,580
2First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$89,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,960 – $167,9202,530
3Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$66,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,960 – $124,59016,990
4Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$64,290
Bachelor's degree
$46,140 – $163,5102,300
5Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$62,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $119,0606,530
6Insurance Sales Agents$60,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $126,8406,840
7Advertising Sales Agents$58,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $92,120900
8Parts Salespersons$46,670
No formal educational credential
$29,500 – $65,0003,810
9First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,160 – $74,0309,970
10Counter and Rental Clerks$38,960
No formal educational credential
$31,820 – $58,4901,900
11Sales and Related Workers, All Other$35,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,480 – $58,720950
12Telemarketers$33,640
No formal educational credential
$28,190 – $39,5801,100
13Retail Salespersons$31,360
No formal educational credential
$25,220 – $45,90041,000
14Cashiers$28,970
No formal educational credential
$22,930 – $36,56041,450

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific ProductsBachelor's degree	$103,380	$55,390 – $184,110	2,580
2	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,640	$47,960 – $167,920	2,530
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,760	$39,960 – $124,590	16,990
4	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsBachelor's degree	$64,290	$46,140 – $163,510	2,300
5	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,420	$35,700 – $119,060	6,530
6	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,140	$37,590 – $126,840	6,840
7	Advertising Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,480	$30,250 – $92,120	900
8	Parts SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$46,670	$29,500 – $65,000	3,810
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,610	$32,160 – $74,030	9,970
10	Counter and Rental ClerksNo formal educational credential	$38,960	$31,820 – $58,490	1,900
11	Sales and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,250	$27,480 – $58,720	950
12	TelemarketersNo formal educational credential	$33,640	$28,190 – $39,580	1,100
13	Retail SalespersonsNo formal educational credential	$31,360	$25,220 – $45,900	41,000
14	CashiersNo formal educational credential	$28,970	$22,930 – $36,560	41,450

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Iowa. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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

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