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Average Claims Adjusters, Examiners, And Investigators Salary in Iowa

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, And Investigators in Iowa earn a median annual salary of $68,740, which is -10.5% compared to the national median. There are 4,290 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Iowa (state).

$68,740
Iowa median annual wage
$33/hour median
-10.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $76,790
4,290
Local employment
2.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.39
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$48,670
25th
$58,960
Median
$68,740
75th
$81,520
90th
$98,780

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Iowa, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
87.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$78,325
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 83.3%
Rents: 65.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Maryland$92,660Compare4,990
California$90,900Compare23,160
District of Columbia$88,920Compare350
Alaska$86,490Compare180
New Jersey$85,960Compare9,630
Connecticut$84,470Compare3,480

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Iowa

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$229,9501.13
Orthodontists$223,0200.65
Chief Executives$178,5301.64
Dentists, General$174,9900.74
Law Teachers, Postsecondary$170,810N/A
Aerospace Engineers$150,010N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers$137,8700.71
Computer And Information Systems Managers$136,6100.56

Iowa has salary data for 722 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, And Investigators in Iowa

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Claims Adjusters, Examiners, And Investigators are projected to change by -5.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 21,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.