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Average New Accounts Clerks Salary in Iowa

New Accounts Clerks in Iowa earn a median annual salary of $44,720, which is -4.1% compared to the national median. There are 1,110 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).

$44,720
Iowa median annual wage
$22/hour median
-4.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,610
1,110
Local employment
0.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.89
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$36,030
25th
$38,670
Median
$44,720
75th
$47,330
90th
$55,880

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
$50,956
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 83.3%
Rents: 65.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
North Dakota$56,510Compare230
California$54,390Compare1,170
Massachusetts$52,800Compare70
Hawaii$50,030Compare170
New York$49,260Compare4,480
Maryland$49,200Compare150

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 New Accounts Clerks in Iowa

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, New Accounts Clerks are projected to change by -13.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,300 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.