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Writers and Authors in Iowa
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.2 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.6).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $32.19
- AK, Alaska, not published
- AZ, Arizona, median $26.92
- AR, Arkansas, median $23.06
- CA, California, median $41.58
- CO, Colorado, median $36.94
- CT, Connecticut, median $47.34
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, median $62.16
- FL, Florida, median $32.73
- GA, Georgia, median $35.92
- HI, Hawaii, not published
- ID, Idaho, median $27.10
- IL, Illinois, median $32.80
- IN, Indiana, median $36.45
- IA, Iowa, median $29.33
- KS, Kansas, median $31.65
- KY, Kentucky, median $23.45
- LA, Louisiana, median $43.04
- ME, Maine, not published
- MD, Maryland, median $50.16
- MA, Massachusetts, median $40.99
- MI, Michigan, not published
- MN, Minnesota, median $35.01
- MS, Mississippi, median $26.05
- MO, Missouri, median $27.95
- MT, Montana, not published
- NE, Nebraska, median $31.47
- NV, Nevada, median $30.73
- NH, New Hampshire, median $34.53
- NJ, New Jersey, median $39.23
- NM, New Mexico, not published
- NY, New York, not published
- NC, North Carolina, median $30.60
- ND, North Dakota, median $24.45
- OH, Ohio, median $31.70
- OK, Oklahoma, median $28.26
- OR, Oregon, median $38.72
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $37.22
- RI, Rhode Island, median $33.75
- SC, South Carolina, median $24.96
- SD, South Dakota, median $27.26
- TN, Tennessee, median $28.30
- TX, Texas, median $33.65
- UT, Utah, median $31.02
- VT, Vermont, median $45.40
- VA, Virginia, median $40.87
- WA, Washington, median $41.20
- WV, West Virginia, median $30.97
- WI, Wisconsin, median $30.95
- WY, Wyoming, median $23.87
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $20.89
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Across Iowa
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