Iowa · 2026 pay · 774 people
How much are engineers, architects and drafters paid in Iowa?
$88,067typical pay for engineers, architects and drafters, 2026
$74,294 – $98,104what most people earned
Counts everyone paid during the year, including part-year workers, in the 20 jobs listed below (part-time-schedule titles left out).
✓ Official data from Iowa Department of Administrative Services · Matches the agency's latest release · data.iowa.gov ↗
Pay by job
Typical pay counts everyone paid during each job's latest year.
- Quality and Op Improv Engineer105 people$88,973
- Engineering Technician Senior80 people$92,440
- Transportation Engineer Specialist78 people$122,429
- Construction Technician Senior67 people$83,357
- Materials Technician55 people$81,747
- Environmental Engineer47 people$74,872
- Transportation Engineer Associate40 people$69,131
- Research Scientist/Engineer39 people$117,241
- Engineering Coordinator35 people$73,120
- Engineering Specialist32 people$96,092
- Design Technician Specialist27 people$88,067
- Engineering Technician27 people$74,213
- Environmental Engineer Senior25 people$115,741
- Research and Development Engineer22 people$108,293
- Design Technician21 people$67,223
- Transportation Engineer21 people$87,220
- Engineering Associate16 people$61,482
- Project Engineer15 people$96,932
- Survey Party Chief14 people$78,281
- Construction Technician8 people$74,638
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Other job groups in Iowa
- Doctors, nurses and health professionals8,038 people$78,900
- Office and administrative support6,136 people$50,601
- Teachers and librarians5,329 people$96,118
- Social work and counseling3,794 people$65,346
- Business and finance jobs3,525 people$71,837
- Managers3,051 people$104,136
- Healthcare support3,018 people$27,480
- Police, fire and security3,009 people$60,815
- Science jobs2,915 people$60,174
- Computer and IT jobs2,021 people$86,317
- Construction and trades1,105 people$61,602
- Food service742 people$27,490
- Legal jobs675 people$125,619
- Arts, media and sports639 people$66,010
- Maintenance and repair408 people$63,443
- Recreation and personal care363 people$6,903
- Cleaning and grounds178 people$46,879
- Plant operators and production156 people$57,538
Jobs are grouped by the federal Standard Occupational Classification (SOC 2018) major groups. This page: Architecture and Engineering Occupations (SOC 17-0000). Job titles we could not place with confidence are left out. "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this