Medical/Surgical nurse pay in Iowa
$116,104median posted offer#5 of 36 states for Medical/Surgical
Medical/Surgical nurses in Iowa are being offered a median $116,104 a year across 9 live postings that state pay — 15% above the national Medical/Surgical median of $100,990. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Medical/Surgical in Iowa?
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Other specialties in Iowa
- Infectious Disease 6 postings$118k
- Nursing Management/Admin 9 postings$117k
- Education/Staff Development 7 postings$117k
- Travel 12 postings$117k
- Acute Care 13 postings$116k
- Telemetry 7 postings$114k
- General 7 postings$107k
- ICU 22 postings$107k
Or see all nurse pay in Iowa (282 postings), or Medical/Surgical pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee Medical/Surgical roles in IowaEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorTurn it into a full-year number, see what it's worth where you'd live, and compare offers side by side.
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Medical/Surgical nurses make in Iowa?
- Across 9 live Medical/Surgical postings in Iowa that state pay, the median offer is $116,104 a year. The middle half runs $105,010–$119,676, and the top 10% start at $128,499.
- Is Iowa a good state for Medical/Surgical nurses?
- On posted pay, Iowa ranks #5 of 36 states for Medical/Surgical. The median there is 15% above the national Medical/Surgical median of $100,990. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.