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Best Cities · State Hub · CoL Adjusted Salary
A state-level view of the strongest occupation and metro signals in Iowa. We use BLS wage data, local income, housing pressure, and H-1B demand to surface the best entry points.
Metro areas scanned
12
State metro files in salary data.
Occupation clusters
60
Distinct occupation slugs found in-state.
Best metro signal
Cedar Rapids, IA
Highest adjusted wage entry point.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $108K · Income: $41K
H-1B: 50
Ames, IA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $127K · Income: $66K
H-1B: 40
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
Financial Managers
Raw wage: $144K
H-1B: 85
Iowa City, IA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $105K · Income: $55K
H-1B: 123
Dubuque, IA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $101K · Income: $61K
H-1B: 7
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $87K
H-1B: N/A
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $83K
H-1B: N/A
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $77K
H-1B: N/A
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $77K
H-1B: N/A
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses
Raw wage: $76K
H-1B: N/A
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $76K
H-1B: N/A
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $76K
H-1B: N/A
It groups the strongest metro and occupation entry points in the state so we can see where pay stretches furthest after local cost-of-living adjustment.
Each metro card highlights the single best occupation signal in that state-area combination, which makes the hub fast to scan and easier for Google and LLMs to retrieve.
Use the metro links for local city intelligence, or go back to the main best-cities hub to switch occupations.