Iowa · SOC 53-0000 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and material moving occupations in Iowa
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 53-0000 in Iowa, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 147,000 people in Iowa worked in transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 53-0000), with an average annual wage of $51,390.
Employment in transportation and material moving occupations in Iowa grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025. 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.
- 147,000Employment, 2025
- $51,390Mean annual wage
- 9.4%Share of Iowa jobs
- 1.07Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 114,200; 2005 117,200; 2006 119,300; 2007 119,600; 2008 119,400; 2009 114,800; 2010 114,700; 2011 117,300; 2012 119,300; 2013 120,500; 2014 121,300; 2015 123,800; 2016 123,800; 2017 122,500; 2018 130,000; 2019 136,900; 2020 139,600; 2021 144,300; 2022 147,400; 2023 149,200; 2024 148,000; 2025 147,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147,018 | $51,392 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 148,031 | $49,997 | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 149,233 | $48,635 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 147,383 | $46,541 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 144,330 | $43,718 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 139,560 | $41,562 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 136,900 | $38,678 | 5.3% |
| 2018 | 130,024 | $38,053 | 6.1% |
| 2017 | 122,507 | $36,715 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 123,829 | $35,730 | 0.0% |
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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Transportation and material moving occupations in Iowa, quarterly, at full depth
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