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Black Hawk County · Iowa · United States

What trades pay in Black Hawk County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Black Hawk County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,031 Median weekly pay across these 25 trades. $1,596 — $251.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 31 businesses · 203 employees$1,596$82,971 a year+0.8%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 36 businesses · 383 employees$1,513$78,694 a year+5.8%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 26 businesses · 199 employees$1,419$73,763 a year-1.5%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 70 businesses · 929 employees$1,384$71,981 a year+3.4%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 14 businesses · 773 employees$1,379$71,687 a year-1.2%down
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 13 businesses · 104 employees$1,269$65,974 a year+9.8%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 43 businesses · 354 employees$1,205$62,668 a year-8.4%down
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 8 businesses · 299 employees$1,205$62,667 a year+4.4%up
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 48 businesses · 541 employees$1,147$59,618 a year+1.6%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 39 businesses · 216 employees$1,136$59,069 a year+1.7%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 34 businesses · 194 employees$1,082$56,261 a year+5.8%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 51 businesses · 255 employees$1,052$54,700 a year+7.9%up
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 8 businesses · 52 employees$1,031$53,605 a year+33.9%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 18 businesses · 88 employees$1,015$52,776 a year+4.2%up
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 11 businesses · 81 employees$1,005$52,280 a year-0.4%flat
Couriers and express deliveryNAICS 492110 · 6 businesses · 290 employees$923$47,990 a year+1.4%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 46 businesses · 298 employees$825$42,916 a year+8.3%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 33 businesses · 89 employees$810$42,111 a year+10.1%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 10 businesses · 1,133 employees$788$40,987 a year+1.4%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 20 businesses · 134 employees$747$38,849 a year+6.0%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 39 businesses · 572 employees$648$33,715 a year+2.2%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 43 businesses · 544 employees$447$23,250 a year+3.0%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 75 businesses · 2,137 employees$386$20,086 a year+3.8%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 109 businesses · 2,247 employees$362$18,835 a year+1.1%up
Retail bakeriesNAICS 311811 · 3 businesses · 77 employees$251$13,072 a year+5.9%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses11,937
Employees227,759
Annual payroll$12 M
Net movement of people−773People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Black Hawk County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Iowa

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Black Hawk County?
Across the 25 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,031 a week. The highest pays $1,596 and the lowest $251.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Black Hawk County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.