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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Iowa

SOC 25-1032 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$103,360
per year in Iowa
Middle half
$80,750–$131,490
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
430
in Iowa
Concentration
1.06×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Iowa
$103,360
published median
United States
$109,270
5.4% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
35th
48 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $103,360 median has purchasing power comparable to about $117,773 nationally. Iowa's BEA regional price parity is 87.8 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Iowa.

$63,250$166,390

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Narrow to a metro in Iowa

Every linked area below has a published estimate for engineering teachers, postsecondary. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Omaha, NE-IA$95,86091.91501.14×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where engineering teachers, postsecondary wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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