Entry-level Healthcare Practitioner salary in Iowa, IA

Based on 37 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Iowa City, IA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Iowa City, North Liberty.

Median salary$69,400
Middle 50%$69.4k–$72.7k
vs. all levels here−12%comparison median $78,800
Filings37FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $67,864 and $78,900.
PercentileSalary
10th$69,400
25th$69,400
50th (median)$69,400
75th$72,700
90th$75,640

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2023: median $64,000 (15 filings) FY2024: median $67,000 (18 filings) FY2025: median $69,400 (23 filings) FY2026: median $72,100 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 0 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 23 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 23
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––2
FY2021–––0
FY2022–––5
FY2023$64,000$62,850$66,00015
FY2024$67,000$67,000$70,72518
FY2025$69,400$69,400$69,40023
FY2026$72,100$71,100$75,20014

Cost of living

Iowa's median entry-level Healthcare Practitioner salary of $69,400 is worth about $75,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Iowa = 91.5).

Compared with all workers here

All Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in the Iowa, IA area earned a median of $41,920 in May 2025 (60 employed). The H-1B median here is $69,400, 66% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
The University of Iowa$69,40037

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $69,400 37
Mid-level · Level II $81,450 58
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$47,341$69,40037
Mid-level · Level II$58,282$81,45058

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.