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Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other pay in Indiana and Iowa
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other is $78,580 per year in Indiana. It is $57,030 per year in Iowa. Indiana is 37.8% above Iowa on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-3019 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Indiana and 40 in Iowa. 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