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Average Cutters And Trimmers, Hand Salary in Iowa

Cutters And Trimmers, Hand in Iowa earn a median annual salary of $46,230, which is +19.1% compared to the national median. There are 40 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).

$46,230
Iowa median annual wage
$22/hour median
+19.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $38,800
40
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.55
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$37,490
25th
$38,260
Median
$46,230
75th
$47,080
90th
$49,200

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
$52,677
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 83.3%
Rents: 65.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Vermont$60,290Compare80
New York$51,420CompareN/A
Minnesota$47,330Compare50
Nebraska$47,250Compare60
Rhode Island$46,590Compare80
North Carolina$45,910Compare960

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 Cutters And Trimmers, Hand in Iowa

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Cutters And Trimmers, Hand are projected to change by -18.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 600 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.