Patient Care Nursing Occupations nurse pay in Iowa
$85,280median posted offer#45 of 50 states for Patient Care Nursing Occupations
Patient Care Nursing Occupations nurses in Iowa are being offered a median $85,280 a year across 53 live postings that state pay — 14% below the national Patient Care Nursing Occupations median of $99,320. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Patient Care Nursing Occupations 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
- Medical/Surgical 9 postings$116k
- Telemetry 7 postings$114k
- General 7 postings$107k
Or see all nurse pay in Iowa (283 postings), or Patient Care Nursing Occupations pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing 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 Patient Care Nursing Occupations nurses make in Iowa?
- Across 53 live Patient Care Nursing Occupations postings in Iowa that state pay, the median offer is $85,280 a year. The middle half runs $78,600–$103,194, and the top 10% start at $123,302.
- Is Iowa a good state for Patient Care Nursing Occupations nurses?
- On posted pay, Iowa ranks #45 of 50 states for Patient Care Nursing Occupations. The median there is 14% below the national Patient Care Nursing Occupations median of $99,320. 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.