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Average Film And Video Editors Salary in Iowa

Film And Video Editors in Iowa earn a median annual salary of $49,690, which is -30.0% compared to the national median. There are 50 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).

$49,690
Iowa median annual wage
$24/hour median
-30.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $70,980
50
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.19
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$37,600
25th
$41,600
Median
$49,690
75th
$60,110
90th
$87,270

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
$56,619
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 83.3%
Rents: 65.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$102,450Compare4,060
District of Columbia$100,270Compare400
Virginia$88,310CompareN/A
Massachusetts$85,150Compare450
California$83,200Compare9,110
New Jersey$82,850Compare740

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 Film And Video Editors in Iowa

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Film And Video Editors are projected to change by +4.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,600 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.