JobAfterNext

Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area

279 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 1900003.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

All 279 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011430$70,1900.64
Administrative Services Managers 11-301230$123,1000.27
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-2091190$46,82014.08
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 19-401260$49,9908.15
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 53-301130$36,0905.73
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091120$23,9900.66
Animal Caretakers 39-202170$25,7300.56
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$125,3300.47
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302180$46,1701.18
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023380$47,7001.16
Bakers 51-301140$36,1900.40
Bartenders 35-3011340$20,8100.95
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021160$43,9400.83
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031800$46,6001.24
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051400$45,8202.09
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-3052150$36,9601.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031240$60,4301.79
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199190$60,3300.37
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021390$40,0406.06
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020210$65,3200.93
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119440$62,9900.75
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203240$49,8900.86
Carpenters 47-2031200$51,8200.65
Cashiers 41-20112,940$27,6402.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205190$47,8300.98
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101140$42,6200.42
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-901180$55,4001.25
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011150$173,7201.56
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021190$48,3001.01
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011260$27,2001.06
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302230$72,9800.95
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205160$90,6400.36
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103140$80,2200.28
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061140$35,2200.78
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010150$63,2300.97
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022Not available$48,140
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124200$48,7002.62
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041110$63,2200.57
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123130$55,0600.47
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161290$52,6803.59
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 51-916240$56,3603.18
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129950$80,6600.23
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121160$81,7500.25
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232160$54,7200.47
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302150$124,9300.16
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103180$67,2006.81
Construction Laborers 47-2061600$47,2101.16
Construction Managers 11-902170$85,8400.41
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$64,1200.86
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901250$76,6902.11
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011430$27,3901.43
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012540$35,4002.62
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014380$34,3600.57
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012280$49,9201.56
Cost Estimators 13-105160$76,2000.53
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-202150$43,4000.25
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031290$45,8603.42
Credit Counselors 13-207130$45,6202.33
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051800$41,6000.66
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9032100$44,6604.78
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031180$47,5502.19
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205130$69,2600.26
Dental Assistants 31-9091130$45,8100.70
Dental Hygienists 29-1292110$83,7601.00
Dentists, General 29-102150$169,9900.79
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203240$92,9300.87
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011150$28,3200.59
Dishwashers 35-902190$27,7300.40
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503290$45,5600.89
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031180$43,3800.95
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032180$102,2301.15
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903340$68,4700.48
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903150$45,8401.56
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012140$56,2600.81
Electrical Engineers 17-207140$102,7600.40
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051140$97,6602.21
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209440$75,6301.39
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028250$49,2602.15
Electricians 47-2111250$57,5500.71
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,210$60,0901.85
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406130$54,4500.46
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042120$40,3701.37
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011130$52,7300.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903170$38,1200.43
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904150$48,9401.64
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3013100$85,1301.37
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121580$310,7801.65
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3041260$58,94014.42
Farm and Home Management Educators 25-9021Not available$45,070
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092100$37,5900.77
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209370$30,6904.67
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,650$27,5400.91
Financial Examiners 13-206160$82,1101.92
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031300$116,2200.75
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011360$66,1600.95
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101460$45,7201.30
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-101150$58,4103.78
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012510$37,7000.88
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101180$47,6400.95
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011340$77,5601.18
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101290$79,7200.89
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011430$61,0100.64
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101250$78,3900.72
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011640$71,4202.01
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011450$44,0500.85
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047350$59,1301.18
Food Batchmakers 51-3092280$47,6203.41
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 51-3093200$47,39013.37
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021310$29,5100.74
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-3099230$40,2307.66
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041320$29,0302.31
Food Service Managers 11-905160$73,9500.51
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-407160$48,4203.98
Foundry Mold and Coremakers 51-4071Not available$52,890
Fundraisers 13-113140Not available0.79
Funeral Attendants 39-402140$39,1002.94
Gas Plant Operators 51-809230$45,9303.71
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,460$79,5600.89
Graphic Designers 27-102480$45,9000.84
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501250$36,0500.33
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209950$51,6300.53
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102280$63,1600.86
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021160$58,2100.84
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30322,160$57,9802.23
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909840$35,5900.99
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919870$45,4700.92
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051460$56,2106.26
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,550$35,5000.77
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-903160$24,4900.28
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081130$29,8501.07
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416130$43,9700.78
Human Resources Managers 11-312150$116,6600.44
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071300$63,0600.71
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302640$69,7801.08
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112150$92,2400.87
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041390$61,8401.90
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051190$101,7801.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051510$49,5301.40
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061400$50,5801.43
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909960$43,7700.69
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031100$76,0200.90
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041Not available$53,040
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021280$54,9601.25
Interpreters and Translators 27-309140$34,7801.77
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111230$38,7203.34
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,270$35,9801.22
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201270$61,6901.41
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,590$44,2601.14
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011390$35,3900.87
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601170$34,3000.73
Lawyers 23-101190$90,2400.24
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012Not available$46,770
Legal Support Workers, All Other 23-209950$43,6202.18
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022150$35,7702.37
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-4121110$27,0802.82
Library Technicians 25-403180$36,0902.39
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061490$61,7001.60
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092110$24,5001.49
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033240$38,3100.51
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131100$48,0401.25
Loan Officers 13-2072150$92,1601.12
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108190$83,9900.74
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-706340$47,1002.10
Machinists 51-4041210$48,0001.53
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012450$31,0801.11
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071960$52,0001.34
Management Analysts 13-111150$76,4500.13
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919990$99,0700.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161200$59,7000.48
Marketing Managers 11-202150$114,9900.27
Mechanical Drafters 17-301350$57,4202.53
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141130$80,6500.94
Medical Assistants 31-9092180$42,2300.47
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072150$48,7201.61
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013470$39,2901.05
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111390$102,7101.40
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102370$46,8301.17
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102660$40,2300.71
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022390$60,4501.32
Millwrights 49-904450$58,5602.44
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20901,170$48,4001.77
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902350$48,4701.10
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042140$57,3201.67
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) 51-919540$45,5902.57
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-407270$46,9100.97
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403150$62,8404.48
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4081160$49,4602.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244120$82,4800.84
New Accounts Clerks 43-414140$44,8902.42
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 27-302340$38,5502.15
Nurse Anesthetists 29-115130$290,0901.35
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171190$137,4201.28
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,400$38,9102.05
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501140$81,8500.63
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112260$101,7700.76
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,180$40,7201.01
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919990$21,1700.99
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073310$57,0501.37
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208140$44,2601.03
Optometrists 29-104140$134,6601.82
Order Clerks 43-4151Not available$35,140
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111410$46,4202.32
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064180$38,2000.69
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214130$48,2500.31
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011100$48,6700.53
Paramedics 29-2043120$62,9002.46
Parts Salespersons 41-2022310$48,3702.40
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205250Not available0.43
Pharmacists 29-1051150$137,1600.97
Pharmacy Aides 31-909530$29,8501.82
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052190$44,6000.87
Phlebotomists 31-909760$38,3800.82
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202170$60,8901.25
Physical Therapists 29-1123130$99,0601.04
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107150$140,1000.64
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152200$49,9200.93
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051300$66,1900.94
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051150$57,8204.41
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052280$56,4301.81
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913130$90,9504.61
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011370$29,3701.65
Printing Press Operators 51-511290$34,6101.38
Procurement Clerks 43-306170$43,6602.59
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199300$41,3602.55
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061170$60,3200.94
Project Management Specialists 13-1082140$84,5600.28
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202040$66,5701.45
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914170$47,1200.45
Public Relations Specialists 27-303170$50,4000.55
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031110$50,5902.19
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034160$70,1301.49
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171120$35,5800.29
Recreation Workers 39-9032140$35,8000.91
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081110$45,7901.61
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,890$78,9601.19
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-1015110$43,8902.45
Respiratory Therapists 29-112640$79,2000.58
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,370$29,9200.75
Sales Managers 11-2022110$130,9500.35
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091200$47,1200.35
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012680$62,0301.17
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011100$70,4000.73
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031850$60,5601.69
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014680$42,3400.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303140Not available0.17
Security Guards 33-9032100$35,5700.17
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302170$30,0300.44
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901290$55,6203.35
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603140$35,3500.85
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221140$46,9400.64
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071360$46,4000.94
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305350$34,9200.42
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 51-3023490$43,81015.01
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151160$65,2501.61
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093250$41,9901.20
Software Developers 15-125290$116,0600.12
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052180$60,7701.47
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205740$62,9600.89
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205850$59,7200.66
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112780$81,5000.89
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,350$38,6701.01
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018160$52,3000.67
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031290$37,0901.17
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,640$30,4702.45
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022110$62,9701.71
Tellers 43-3071400$38,8002.56
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309350$42,3701.02
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209340$46,0301.60
Tool and Die Makers 51-411130$60,1101.26
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151180$61,4400.82
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307190$90,2800.91
Travel Agents 41-304130$44,5501.28
Veterinarians 29-113160$100,6401.57
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909690$35,8301.54
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031690$20,9800.65
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031190$58,6403.20
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511130$46,8201.27
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121710$50,3403.62
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-412270$48,9704.76