2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

The University OF Iowa

Offered base salaries from 184 certified H-1B filings, across 17 roles in 2 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of The University OF Iowa's certified filings offered $84,100 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $69,400 and $235,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other$69,400$69k – $694k32
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$66,492$60k – $83k20
General Internal Medicine Physicians$290,000$64k – $407k17
Anesthesiologists$370,042$356k – $387k16
Radiologists$306,000$84k – $357k11
Pediatricians, General$230,000$69k – $250k9
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$222,607$183k – $375k6
Biological Scientists, All Other$62,232$61k – $68k5
Biochemists and Biophysicists$63,654$51k – $64k4
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$195,000$145k – $198k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Iowa City, IA$84,100$44k – $407k173
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$69,400$69k – $694k6
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares The University OF Iowa's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other — Iowa City$69,40028+65.6%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — Iowa City$66,49218−18.5%
General Internal Medicine Physicians — Iowa City$290,00017+251.1%
Anesthesiologists — Iowa City$370,04216−9.1%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
184 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes The University OF Iowa's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.