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Agricultural Technicians pay in Iowa and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agricultural Technicians is $64,070 per year in Iowa. It is $46,470 per year in Wisconsin. Iowa is 37.9% above Wisconsin on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Iowa and 620 in Wisconsin. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings