How much do Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other make in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA?

Percentile spread

For Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $31,830 and the 90th percentile is $98,260. The difference is $66,430, which is 154.2% 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 $33,980 to the 75th at $43,100, covers $9,120.

The mean annual wage is $51,760, which sits above the median of $43,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA median is 34.5% lower than the national median of $65,790 for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,990, which is 28.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% higher than the Iowa median of $42,070.

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 $43,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other at $46,990 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ranks 4th of 5 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).).

• Iowa City, IA is 109 miles away, with a median of $41,920 and employment of 60. That median is 2.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,810, against $46,990 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 118 miles away, with a median of $64,440 and employment of 150. That median is 49.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,111, against $46,990 here.
• Lincoln, NE is 170 miles away, with a median of $43,700 and employment of 30. That median is 1.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,717, against $46,990 here.

Employment share

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (110 of 404,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.21 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.