Iowa · SOC 17-0000 · Annual, 2025
Architecture and engineering occupations in Iowa
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 17-0000 in Iowa, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 22,300 people in Iowa worked in architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17-0000), with an average annual wage of $99,740.
Employment in architecture and engineering occupations in Iowa grew 33.1% from 2004 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 57.7% above the all-occupations average in Iowa. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Iowa are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 22,300Employment, 2025
- $99,740Mean annual wage
- 1.4%Share of Iowa jobs
- 0.86Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 16,700; 2005 17,300; 2006 17,800; 2007 18,100; 2008 18,400; 2009 17,300; 2010 17,100; 2011 17,700; 2012 18,400; 2013 18,600; 2014 19,000; 2015 19,200; 2016 19,000; 2017 19,500; 2018 21,200; 2019 23,000; 2020 23,300; 2021 23,100; 2022 23,800; 2023 23,200; 2024 22,600; 2025 22,300.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22,279 | $99,741 | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 22,606 | $96,929 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 23,181 | $94,685 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 23,756 | $90,964 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 23,077 | $86,953 | 0.8% |
| 2020 | 23,274 | $84,723 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 23,020 | $80,395 | 8.3% |
| 2018 | 21,249 | $79,941 | 8.7% |
| 2017 | 19,549 | $75,986 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 18,999 | $72,956 | 0.9% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Architecture and engineering occupations in Iowa, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for architecture and engineering occupations in Iowa. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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