How much do Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers make in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA?

Percentile spread

For Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $37,340 and the 90th percentile is $67,230. The difference is $29,890, which is 63.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $37,730 to the 75th at $61,590, covers $23,860.

The mean annual wage is $50,320, which sits above the median of $47,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA median is 1% lower than the national median of $47,810 for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,613, which is 8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Iowa median of $47,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 91.701, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers at $51,613 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ranks 7th of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is 94 miles away, with a median of $49,060 and employment of 40. That median is 3.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,354, against $51,613 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 118 miles away, with a median of $47,630 and employment of 290. That median is 0.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,822, against $51,613 here.
• Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 146 miles away, with a median of $56,170 and employment of 50. That median is 18.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,971, against $51,613 here.

Employment share

Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (150 of 404,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (65,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.88 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.