# Counties in Iowa by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 99 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dallas County | 1,519 |
| 2 | Polk County | 1,446 |
| 3 | Monroe County | 1,367 |
| 4 | Linn County | 1,355 |
| 5 | Johnson County | 1,279 |
| 6 | Marion County | 1,273 |
| 7 | Story County | 1,254 |
| 8 | Muscatine County | 1,236 |
| 9 | Scott County | 1,205 |
| 10 | Plymouth County | 1,201 |
| 11 | Adair County | 1,187 |
| 12 | Grundy County | 1,185 |
| 13 | Ida County | 1,176 |
| 14 | Wright County | 1,175 |
| 15 | Hancock County | 1,173 |
| 16 | Dubuque County | 1,164 |
| 17 | Poweshiek County | 1,159 |
| 18 | Black Hawk County | 1,151 |
| 19 | Lee County | 1,149 |
| 20 | Mahaska County | 1,144 |
| 21 | Chickasaw County | 1,135 |
| 22 | Webster County | 1,127 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 1,124 |
| 24 | Pottawattamie County | 1,115 |
| 24 | Sioux County | 1,115 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 1,111 |
| 27 | Floyd County | 1,093 |
| 28 | Cerro Gordo County | 1,089 |
| 28 | Mills County | 1,089 |
| 30 | Hardin County | 1,085 |
| 31 | Woodbury County | 1,081 |
| 32 | Greene County | 1,080 |
| 33 | Crawford County | 1,074 |
| 34 | Buena Vista County | 1,067 |
| 35 | Pocahontas County | 1,065 |
| 36 | Guthrie County | 1,062 |
| 37 | Taylor County | 1,060 |
| 38 | Clinton County | 1,059 |
| 38 | Delaware County | 1,059 |
| 40 | Boone County | 1,055 |
| 40 | Franklin County | 1,055 |
| 40 | Mitchell County | 1,055 |
| 43 | Clay County | 1,054 |
| 44 | Des Moines County | 1,050 |
| 45 | Audubon County | 1,049 |
| 46 | Humboldt County | 1,048 |
| 47 | Henry County | 1,047 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 1,040 |
| 49 | Bremer County | 1,038 |
| 50 | Butler County | 1,037 |
| 50 | Kossuth County | 1,037 |
| 52 | Hamilton County | 1,036 |
| 53 | Wapello County | 1,035 |
| 54 | Shelby County | 1,033 |
| 54 | Winneshiek County | 1,033 |
| 56 | Lucas County | 1,032 |
| 57 | Harrison County | 1,030 |
| 58 | Sac County | 1,026 |
| 59 | Clayton County | 1,025 |
| 60 | Warren County | 1,022 |
| 61 | Page County | 1,021 |
| 62 | Osceola County | 1,020 |
| 63 | Washington County | 1,012 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | 1,010 |
| 65 | Louisa County | 1,009 |
| 66 | Carroll County | 1,007 |
| 67 | Cass County | 1,004 |
| 67 | Clarke County | 1,004 |
| 67 | Union County | 1,004 |
| 70 | Lyon County | 1,003 |
| 71 | Benton County | 1,001 |
| 71 | Buchanan County | 1,001 |
| 71 | Jasper County | 1,001 |
| 74 | Madison County | 1,000 |
| 75 | Jones County | 997 |
| 76 | Davis County | 996 |
| 77 | Iowa County | 989 |
| 78 | Cedar County | 988 |
| 78 | Cherokee County | 988 |
| 80 | Fremont County | 986 |
| 81 | Adams County | 980 |
| 82 | Calhoun County | 967 |
| 82 | Fayette County | 967 |
| 82 | Howard County | 967 |
| 85 | Emmet County | 959 |
| 86 | O'Brien County | 956 |
| 87 | Tama County | 954 |
| 88 | Keokuk County | 953 |
| 89 | Ringgold County | 947 |
| 90 | Palo Alto County | 946 |
| 91 | Worth County | 936 |
| 92 | Winnebago County | 932 |
| 93 | Appanoose County | 930 |
| 93 | Van Buren County | 930 |
| 95 | Allamakee County | 922 |
| 95 | Dickinson County | 922 |
| 97 | Jackson County | 912 |
| 98 | Monona County | 910 |
| 99 | Decatur County | 830 |